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Progressive pasadena congregation. it made me wonder whether the irs was selectively enforcing and auditing churches based on the message during the bush administration. i raise this issue along with one of my republican and libertarian colleagues with the irs. i sat down with the commissioner, we wrote to the gao to look at this to figure out were they being even handed? targeting the progressive churches? and basically, rachel, i got nowhere. the irs wasn't willing to divulge any information. what were the results of those audits? even the stuff that wouldn't give away information about part...

Congressman schiff, thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> good to be with you, rachel. >> one of the reasons i wanted to talk to you tonight was not just because what you're calling for in response to this current scandal, but also the way you've responded when a liberal church in your district where an antiwar sermon had been given around the time of the '04 election, they got what they perceived to be a harassing letter from the irs. how did you view that at the time? and what happened when you contacted the irs on their behalf? >> well, the concern i had at the time was here was...

Antiwar sermon had been given around the time of the '04 election, they got what they perceived to be a harassing letter from the irs. how did you view that at the time? and what happened when you contacted the irs on their behalf? >> well, the concern i had at the time was here was a progressive church that invited a former pastor to give a sermon on war issues and got more than a letter from the irs, go the a full audit, very expensive lengthy audit by the irs. and this was at the same time, rachel, when other prominent churches were denying communion to the democratic candidates close to th...