The IRS must `` answer to the Hatch people , '' IRS chairman says . Treasury chief , Ways and Means inspector-general face IRS committee Friday . Obama calls the IRS 's alleged targeting `` outrageous , '' vows to hold IRS accountable . `` What was wrong was using criteria that look like they were focused only on one end of the political spectrum , '' Owens said . IRS officials knew as early as 2011 the applications were being targeted .
The IRS must `` answer to the Hatch people , '' IRS chairman says . Treasury chief , Ways and Means inspector-general face IRS committee Friday . Obama calls the IRS 's alleged targeting `` outrageous , '' vows to hold IRS accountable . IRS officials knew as early as 2011 the applications were being targeted .