Internal Revenue Service

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This photo taken March 22, 2013, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities, with some of the money going to addresses in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland, according to a Treasury report released Thursday. The IRS sent a total of 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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**FILE** Rep. Bill Pascrell, New Jersey Democrat, questions organizations that say they were unfairly targeted by the Internal Revenue Service while seeking tax-exempt status testify at the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

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National Edition News Cover for October 23, 2013 - Internal Revenue Service Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sarah Hall Ingram, director of the Affordable Care Act Office at the Internal Revenue Service, told a House committee Wednesday that she was "not conscious of ever sharing 6103 data information at the White House." She said the agency is keeping Obamacare applicants' information private. She also said she had "no recollection" of hearing about IRS targeting of conservatives. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)