Crenshaw Announces Hearing to Examine How IRS Allocates Appropriated Funding

The hearing will begin at 3 p.m. in room 2359 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Witnesses are Acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George.

"As the subcommittee drafts the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services Appropriations Bill, it is critical to gain a clear understanding of how the IRS uses the taxpayer dollars it receives from Congress and to research how our bill can help prevent abuses like those revealed in the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report from ever happening again," said Crenshaw. "The IRS admission that individual group applications for tax-exempt status were inappropriately singled out for further review is chilling. The subcommittee looks forward to helping ensure that taxpayer dollars are used properly and that all Americans are treated equally regardless of their political affiliation."