RELEASE: REP. HILL STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATS’ EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF PRIVACY
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
December 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 9640 - Presidential Tax Filing and Audit Transparency Act of 2022.
“Providing the Secretary of the Treasury with yet another authority that requires an automatic audit of all Presidential income tax returns and publicly release them once filed is an egregious violation of privacy and unprecedented overreach. This is a dangerous path for Congress to take and sets a concerning new precedent in which confidential and private information is used as a political weapon. “If we continue to allow legislation such as this to pass, there is no telling who is next on Democrats’ political list. Instead of focusing on the larger issues at hand, Democrats continue to drive their divisive agenda down to the final hour. When House Republicans take back control in January, we will offer reforms and oversight of the IRS and this kind of overreach.” |
