Bluntly declared: "I am angry" the IRS scandal, President Obama (Barack Obama) said late Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lu was forced to Steven Miller, IRS Acting Commissioner of Police. It comes to Obama in the East Room of the White House, called Miller step down "the first step" to prevent similar misconduct in the future, and vowed to "do everything in my power to ensure that does not happen again.
Obama said he has reviewed the report of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Finance, described in detail how the IRS special review of the application for tax-exempt status when they have targeted conservative groups.
"It is inexcusable to expose misconduct." The president said, this is inexcusable, and the Americans the right to be angry, I get angry it in a brief prepared statement. "I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any organization, but especially at the Internal Revenue Service, of the powers given, it touched all of our lives."
Obama said, "responsible party" will be held accountable. Lu "has taken the first step, requirements and accept the resignation of the IRS Acting Commissioner of Police, because of the controversy of this audit can help to create a new leadership to restore market confidence forward, it is important that," Obama said.
With senior officials of the Ministry of Finance to the White House East Room, the president's statement after more than an hour meeting to discuss controversial.
Obama said he has instructed the agency inspectors to implement the proposed general internal watchdog of the Treasury to ensure that there is no repeat of the "outrageous misconduct. "The good news is that it can be solved," he said.
Looking Capitol Hill, the two members of Congress condemned the acts of the IRS, Obama promised: "We will be working with Congress as it performs its oversight role, and our management to ensure that we are working hand in hand Congress fixed this thing. "
Legislators, in turn, should this authority should have responsibility in political or partisan agenda, can not have too, "Obama said, saying that Washington must" ensure that the law is clear "and suggested that" too multi-fuzzy "may have played a role.
"I will do everything in my power to ensure that such a thing from happening again by holding the responsible parties accountable, new checks and new safeguards, as well as the way forward to ensure the application of the law, as it should be: in a fair and impartial manner , "Obama said.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell skeptical.
More than two years after the start of the year, the IRS tells us that there is no problem, the president started to take action, "Kentucky congressman said," If the President is concerned about this issue, as he claimed, he will be open and transparent work with Congress to get to the bottom of the scandal, there is no half-hearted, half of the answer, there is no withholding agent witnesses. "
Congress determined to get the answer, to ensure that this type of intimidation IRS or any other institution will not happen again, "McConnell said.
Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy blunt, micro-Bo:
The president is entitled to reject the # IRS, and clean the house, may require more test-fired.
- Senator Patrick Leahy (_AT_ SenatorLeahy) 2013 May 15, 2011
On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder commitment to anger members of Congress, the Justice Department will carry out a nationwide survey IRS malpractice.
"We will take a sober view, said:" The holder of the House Judiciary Committee faced tough questioning. "This is not about parties ... who broke the law will be held accountable."
Holder said he had launched an investigation on Friday into why the Internal Revenue Service by conservative groups, they are more scrutiny to apply for tax-exempt status. IRS Inspector General reported that a group of low-level employees in Ohio office is responsible, top IRS officials on behalf of their apology.
However, holders of commitment will extend far beyond the Ohio investigation, and suggested that civil rights laws may have been violated.
Rep. Bobby Scott, D-VA, requires holders to protect them from criminal prosecution at the hearing, "apology" from the Internal Revenue Service. Holders replied, "no."
Obama administration under fire the Internal Revenue Service, the presidential treatment on September 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya, and the secret collection of phone records of the Department of Justice, the Associated Press reporter and editor, terrorist attacks.
Republicans have been hammering Obama on all three matters. Although the Democratic Party in large part to defend him and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Benghazi, they have joined their Republican colleagues condemned the IRS and expressed grave concerns over the AP cell phone records.
On Monday, Obama rejected Republican charges Benghazi situation is not any good "juggling" a cover-up. He also did not comment directly AP.
 
 



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