WASHINGTON, – U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., today called on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen to stop all action on proposed 501(c)4 regulations that will allow targeting of groups and would limit free speech.

“This is a deliberately designed abuse of federal resources and enforcement powers for purely political purposes,” Roberts said, “Part of a larger pattern of this administration using the IRS to shut down its critics and opponents. There is a common sense solution to all of this. Stop all action on the proposed 501(c)4 regulations until we know what went on, who was involved, what the implications of this are, and how we can address the issues raised and hold people accountable.”