{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-gets-promise-from-treasury-inspector-general-concerning", "Norton Gets Promise from Treasury Inspector General Concerning Investigation into Threats to IRS Employees", "2017-10-25", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing asked Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russel George about press reports on an increase in threats to Internal Revenue Services (IRS) employees and \u201cpotential vulnerabilities outside agency headquarters.\u201d\u00a0 NBC4 reported that \u201cfederal investigators have launched 1,556 investigations into possible threats against agency employees from taxpayers since the beginning of the year.\u201d\u00a0 George said his office was currently working with the IRS\u2019 security division to investigate such threats and potential security vulnerabilities and offered to brief Norton and the Committee on his findings at the conclusion of the investigation.\u00a0 Norton pressed George that, in addition to a congressional briefing, a report of findings, recommendations or remedies would be important to reassure employees and the public.\u00a0 George responded that he thought a report with necessary redactions might be appropriate.\n\u201cI appreciate that the Inspector General has taken the increase in threats to IRS employees seriously and is pursuing an investigation,\u201d Norton said.\u00a0 \u201cI will be working with his office to ensure he has the necessary resources to investigate threats against IRS employees and any potential security vulnerabilities.\u00a0 Our federal employees deserve a safe working environment.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-gets-promise-from-treasury-inspector-general-concerning"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9864340536296368, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}