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Washington
–
Last
night,
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC),
a
member
of
the
Senate
Finance
Committee,
joined
Greta
Van
Susteren
on
Fox
News
to
discuss
the
Internal
Revenue
Service’s
(IRS)
recent
data
breach
which
exposed
the
personal
information
of
more
than
100,000
taxpayers
and
the
agency’s
continued
pattern
of
negligence.
His
full
interview
is
available
HERE.
https://youtu.be/TkC5EODN3q4
Full
Transcript:
Senator
Scott
Interview
with
FOX
News’
Greta
Van
Susteren
on
“On
the
Record
w/
Greta
Van
Susteren”
(June
3,
2015)
GRETA
VAN
SUSTEREN: One
of
the
Senators
at
the
hearing
today,
Senator
Tim
Scott
joins
us.
Thank
you
for
joining
us,
sir.
An
unbelievable
amount
of
data
in
the
hands
of
criminals,
that's
what
the
Commissioner
says.
SENATOR
TIM
SCOTT:
Stolen
data,
a
104,000
just
this
year
on
that
one
program.
Unfortunately,
last
year,
around
3
million
Americans
suffered
identity
theft
through
the
IRS,
so
what
we
are
talking
about
Greta
is
an
agency
that
gets
more
than
$1
billion
a
year
for
I.T.,
cannot
figure
out
how
to
keep
our
information
secure.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
Well
they
blame
you
guys
for
cutting
their
budget.
SCOTT:
Here
is
the
interesting
thing.
We
have
the
Treasury
Inspector
[General]
there.
He
simply
said
--
I
asked
the
question,
what
is
the
cause
of
the
problem
and
he
said
since
2008,
they
have
made
recommendations
that
are
management
decisions,
administrative
fixes
that
have
not
been
done
by
the
IRS,
since
2008.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
Why?
Why
would
someone
--
if
someone
comes
up
with
a
good
idea
in
the
IRS,
why
isn't
someone
acting?
I'm
assuming
they
are
good
ideas.
It
couldn't
be
worse
than
what
we
have
with
the
100,000
hacked.
SCOTT:
Nineteen
recommendations
made.
Fewer
than
eight
of
them
implemented.
And
not
all
eight
were
implemented
fully.
These
are
the
words
from
Mr.
George,
the
Inspector
General.
So
there
are
challenges.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
So
what
does
the
Commissioner
say,
just
sitting
there,
when
he
hears
the
Inspector
General
say
these
19
recommendations
that
we
made
since
2008,
you
haven't
done
them?
SCOTT:
He
didn't
disagree.
Here's
my
question,
here’s
my
follow
up
question.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
He
hasn’t
been
there
the
whole
time,
I
might
add.
SCOTT:
No
he
wasn't
there.
My
follow
question
was
simply,
sir,
are
these
administrative
and
management
challenges
or
is
these
resource
challenges?
The
Inspector
General
said
these
are
management
challenges,
and
Mr.
Koskinen
said,
nothing.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
Is
there
no
way
to
sort
of
clean
house
and
get
rid
of
these
managers
who
aren't
doing
anything.
SCOTT:
It
helps
who
is
at
1600
[Pennsylvania],
it
helps
a
lot.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
Why
do
you
that?
SCOTT:
Well
because
frankly,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
President
is
the
CEO
of
this
country,
and
that
means
that
he
helps
to
appoint
bureaucracy
that
he
oversees,
it
is
his
responsibility
in
large
part
to
make
sure
the
folks
that
work
for
him
are
consistent.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
Are
the
people
there
who
aren't
doing
these
changes
at
the
IRS,
are
they
presidential
appointments
or
they
civil
service?
SCOTT:
Civil
service,
without
any
question.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
So
probably
preceded
President
Obama.
SCOTT:
They
preceded
the
challenges,
certainly
some
have
preceded
the
President,
they
go
as
far
back
as
1997.
But
the
current
situation
we
have
with
over
$5
billion
paid
out
fraudulently,
those
go
back
to
just
2011,
2012,
and
2013.
So
what
we
are
seeing
here
is
a
consistent
pattern
in
the
wrong
direction.
So
someone
has
to
say
the
buck
stops
here.
The
good
news
is
the
Senate
will
hold
oversight
hearings
and
will
consistently
keep
the
fire
at
their
feet
so
that
we
have
an
ability
and
the
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
rein
them
in
as
much
as
possible.
But
this
is
not
the
beginning,
Lois
Lerner
e-mails,
you
think
about
the
targeting
conservative
groups.
This
is
a
pattern
that
we
should
be
concerned
about.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
This
is
terrible,
this
is
terrible.
You
know
it
is
cruel
to
the
American
people
who
end
up
having
to
pay
for
this
and
suffer.
SCOTT:
I
would
say
it
is
the
agency
of
intimidation.
VAN
SUSTEREN:
Indeed,
Senator,
nice
to
see
you.
SCOTT:
Thank
you.
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