Hire. Commissioner marshall . Present. Commissioner mazzucco . Present. Commissioner dejesus . Present. Commissioner wong. Present. Commissioner melara. Present. You have a quorum and with us today is gregory p. Suhr and the director of the office of complaints joyce hicks. It is good to have you here and there is certainly a lot to talk about and a lot to report, it was a busy october and i want to let my colleagues know that as you known it is a tough couple of weeks for the state wide Law Enforcement community, between october 24 go ahead and october 29th, four officers were killed in the line of duty in california. And very sadly, i will ask my colleagues for us to adjourn todays meeting in their memory. So, with that, inspector please call the first line item. Line item one, presentation of the certificate of appreciation action, mr. Christopher patrick traughber. Commissioners, good evening, the public and director hicks. This one is mine, first president loftus thank you for tha
That took three to four years and in some cases is still not over. Number two, the line agents in the irs had their work disrupted and halted by washington. In 2010, true the volt filed its application for c 3 status and did not obtain that c 3 status until we sued the irs. So in september they granted it. People shouldnt have to sue to get their taxexempt status. When lois lerner and president obama accused line agents in cincinnati of being responsible, ladies and gentlemen, that is a lie. I knew when lois lerner said that in may of 2010, when she admitted that it was happening, after we knew it was happening its sort of like we knew we were targeted its just that she finally admitted it. I knew it hadnt happened in cincinnati because the first time i really became aware of this was with a group that i represent. We filed for taxexempt status in october of 2009. Besides cashing our check for our filing fee, we did not hear from the irs again until june of 2010 and we didnt hear from
Threat to our government to study the founding documents and advocate for responsible spending . Out copies of the constitution, discussing pending legislation or even creating legislative scorecards a threat to the administration . Legislation or even creating legislative score cards a threat to this administration . Obviously these activities are viewed as subversive to their agenda. Otherwise, they wouldnt have tried to stop us. In my previous testimony i explained that our application was complete and accurate. We easily qualified for a 501 c 4 status, yet that did not stop the irs from demanding information they were not entitled to. Unconstitutional requests that violated even their own rules. The information they demanded from us had nothing to do with our tax status. Why must the irs know who is coming to our meetings . Why did they need to have copies of every speech ever given and the credentials of those speakers . Why did they need to know who our donors were . Theres clear
Denied, though. In addition, the committees investigation into this matter revealed the irs also sought out liberal groups with these words, progressive or occupy in the names. At an Oversight Committee hearing last year Russell George admitted he actually failed to inform our committee that he was aware of progressive groups receiving similar treat as conservative groups. Ms. Mitchell, you favored us with your testimony this morning. Thanks again for coming. We just found out about you monday afternoon. We didnt have too much time to read about you. I saw your extensive cv which is on line, and its it has you as a partner at the Foley Lardner law firm in washington. Is that right . Correct. And it says you are a member of the firms political law practice. Is that correct . Correct. The firm has a taxation practice thats different from the political law practice. Correct. Youre in the political law practice. If im not mistaken, you have personally served as Legal Counsel to the Nationa
These two witnesses, and yet the chief executive, the president of the United States has already prejudged the outcome of this investigation. So either its on going or its not. Either hes wrong or eric holder is wrong. In either case, it is time for special counsel, mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman. Recognize the gentleman from virginia. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and through for this intriguing hearing. I will say at the outset my friend from South Carolina for whom i have great regard, we dont agree on much, but we have mutual respect. But i will say it ought to trouble a tea party panel and a lawyer who represented the aclu that this committee took upon itself a unique task in voting that a u. S. Citizen, irrespective of her views or what you think she did or did not say, to protect herself against self incrimination, a very sacred principle, enshrined in the constitution of the United States. It was enshrined in there because of the experience of congress with the british. Its a v