Democrats Reject Carl’s Efforts to Prevent IRS from Hiring Additional Armed Agents

Democrats Reject Carl’s Efforts to Prevent IRS from Hiring Additional Armed Agents

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) issued the following statement regarding Democrats’ refusal to consider his amendment to H.R. 5376 - The Build Back Better Act to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using billions in new funds for hiring additional armed IRS agents. Currently, the IRS has about 2,000 armed agents who have a track record of frequently mishandling and misusing their firearms, but Democrats are proposing an additional $45 billion for IRS “enforcement.”

While Democrats are working around the clock to beef up the IRS and hire tens of thousands of additional agents to snoop on the banking transactions of innocent Americans, I have been fighting to ensure none of this money can be used to hire even more armed IRS agents. These agents have a horrible track record of misusing and mishandling their firearms, so the last thing we need is to hire more of them. Democrats have rejected my attempts to prevent any further expansion of the IRS’s army of armed agents, but I will continue fighting this horrible abuse of power because it does nothing more than endanger the lives and property of Americans.

The most recent report on this issue found armed IRS agents have discharged their weapons on accident more often than they have discharged their weapons intentionally. More information about this issue can be found here.

Congressman Carl’s office can be reached at 202-225-4931.

To find out more about Jerry Carl, visit his website or follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @RepJerryCarl.

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