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IRS chief: 'Whenever we can, we follow the law'
The Hill ^ | September 10, 2014 | Sarah Ferris

Posted on 09/10/2014 12:20:53 PM PDT by jazusamo

During another grueling hearing on the ObamaCare rollout, the head of the Internal Revenue Service tried to offer lawmakers an assurance about the soon-to-open enrollment period.

“Whenever we can, we follow the law,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the House Ways and Means subcommittee on health on Wednesday.

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who leads the subcommittee, immediately expressed his concern with the remarks.

“I encourage you to follow the law in all instances,” Brady said.

Koskinen, who was confirmed as head of IRS last December, has repeatedly faced lawmakers' ire over the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

Lawmakers spent a majority of Wednesday's hearing grilling Koskinen and Andy Slavitt, HealthCare.Gov's fix-it man, on how they would verify that consumers were providing correct income information as they signed up for insurance subsidies.

Koskinen, who said he’s been meeting with tech and business staff every two weeks since January, said things are “on track” to verify income for all new enrollees.

Still, Slavitt acknowledged that the administration faces a “trust gap” in ObamaCare’s second year of implementation.

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) cautioned against what he described as unchecked power given to the IRS under the healthcare law. He demanded to know how the Obama administration would prevent a “Lois Lerner 2.0 situation."

“It seems to me that the IRS is just poised to go swimming in a big pool of money,” Roskam said. “Are these the same IT people that can’t find Lois Lerner’s emails or deal with her hard drives?”

Koskinen was asked if he defended Lerner, to which he replied, “No, I don’t know her."

It was Slavitt’s first public appearance since the federal government announced last week that HealthCare.gov had been hacked in July. But just one lawmaker, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), prodded Slavitt about the security breach.

Price questioned why insurance company leaders told him they had learned about the hack from media reports. Slavitt disputed the claim, saying he had personally informed a representative from the insurance association about the breach.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: irs; irsoutofcontrol; irsscandals; kevinbrady; koskinen; obamacare
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To: jazusamo

“Whenever we can, we follow the law,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the House Ways and Means subcommittee on health on Wednesday.

That’s a lie. They have deliberately chosen to break the law by targeting polical opponents. Then they have chosen to break the law again by covering up and obstructing the investigation on their criminal behavior.


61 posted on 09/10/2014 3:02:29 PM PDT by paint_your_wagon
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To: jazusamo

The irs is a criminal organization.


62 posted on 09/10/2014 3:06:30 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: jazusamo
Koskinen is a self certified dim bulb.

Koskinen is not a dim bulb. He is a dangerous partisan who should not be in his position.

Koskinen graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in physics from Duke University in 1961, where he was a Member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa; graduated with an LLB, cum laude, (JD) from Yale University School of Law in 1964; and did post graduate work in Cambridge University, Cambridge, England from 1964 to 1965. He was later named a Significant Sig by the Sigma Chi Fraternity recognizing his professional contributions to society.

63 posted on 09/10/2014 3:25:31 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

I grant you he has a good education and received honors.

I based that solely on him saying what he did in front of that committee, really dumb.


64 posted on 09/10/2014 3:34:32 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

65 posted on 09/10/2014 3:36:46 PM PDT by mikrofon ("L'Etat, c'est moi")
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To: Junk Silver

The executive, the legislative and the Judicial are the three branches of Government for the third graders who haven’t gotten that far. The House, (Legislative does not sentence.)


66 posted on 09/10/2014 3:39:16 PM PDT by billhilly (Its OK, the left hated Bush.)
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To: jazusamo
Koskinen was put into his current position because he can be depended upon to stonewall and thwart the investigation. So far, he has succeeded. Issa has not landed a glove on the IRS as they continue to destroy evidence. The Dems and the MSM provide Koskinen with all the support he needs to prevent the truth from being known.

Koskinen is not dumb nor is he doing anything to help the investigation. He came on board as IRS Director in December 2013. We can all rail about his misstatements and outright lies, but unless we nail those responsible for this scandal, including no doubt those in the WH, Obama has won. The IRS has become a politicized, partisan government agency--a frightening reality given the power of the IRS, which has expanded under Obamacare.

67 posted on 09/10/2014 3:46:24 PM PDT by kabar
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To: jazusamo
He needs some fries to go with THAT Whopper....


68 posted on 09/10/2014 3:49:22 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: jazusamo

GOVERNMENT: you take a business and you take away reason and accountability.


69 posted on 09/10/2014 4:15:10 PM PDT by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate over unjust law & government in the forum of ideas)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

We truly have entered the Twilight Zone...


70 posted on 09/10/2014 4:23:59 PM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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To: jazusamo

What I like about the IRS is that it’s populated by fat, chunky marshmallow butts who reject, en masse, the words diet and exercise and subsequently wouldn’t last two minutes on a battlefield.


71 posted on 09/10/2014 4:24:02 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: jazusamo

Lex, rex.


72 posted on 09/10/2014 4:33:29 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: WayneS

Whenever I can, I try like hell to NOT pay the taxes.

Screw this corrupt government and the friggin IRS to boot. They can all burn in hell for all I care.


73 posted on 09/10/2014 4:37:29 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: jazusamo

“Whenever we can, we follow the law” This is the Obama administration’s motto.


74 posted on 09/10/2014 4:53:53 PM PDT by mandaladon (To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful an)
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To: mandaladon
“Whenever we can, we follow the law”

I wonder why he was not questioned about the meaning of that statement !
75 posted on 09/10/2014 5:03:58 PM PDT by evaporation-plus
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To: jazusamo

I want to see Koskinen in PRISON next to Lois Lerner!!!


76 posted on 09/10/2014 5:08:00 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: jazusamo
Exactly, and what’s mind boggling he says it in front of a Congressional Committee.

No different than a hot chick stripping in front of a panel of eunuchs. Nothin' gonna happen anyway.

77 posted on 09/10/2014 5:10:38 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Ha! That’s a good way of putting it and you’re right.


78 posted on 09/10/2014 5:14:16 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

For that idiotic comment alone, the guy should be dismissed.

There’s not a janitor in the nation that would make that comment in front of Congress.


79 posted on 09/10/2014 5:24:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

they ignore drug and immigration laws , but then sue police depts. for not enough minorities .

If we had a GOP with some balls Holder would have been gone after the black panther incident


80 posted on 09/10/2014 5:31:19 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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