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WRAP-UP: Victims of Politicized IRS Say Agency is Institutionally Incapable of Self-Correcting

October 01, 2021 — Blog

“Throwing more money in a reconciliation bill at the IRS so they can hire 65,000 other agents who are not trained properly, to be supervised by people who are not trained properly, who are managed by long-term bureaucrats that have an agenda – that is not a good allocation of American resources,” said Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice during a Ways and Means Oversight ...

Brady: Inflation on Track for Highest in 40 Years, Crushing American Families & Small Businesses

October 01, 2021 — Blog

Republican Leader of the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on a key inflation measure climbing for the ninth month in a row under President Biden:   “Higher prices this year under President Biden are on track to be the highest in 40 years. Major increases in food, energy, and soon, housing, are crushing families and small ...

KELLY: Dems’ Plan for Invasive, Supercharged IRS Invites Abuse of Power

September 30, 2021 — Blog

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Top Republican on the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) led the Republican meeting today examining Democrats’ push to throw billions of dollars at the IRS without adding any protections to address leaks of private taxpayer information and existing abuses of power.   Rep. Kelly said:   “The IRS is back to its same old, bad ...

Correcting the Record on Dems Playing Politics with Debt Ceiling

September 30, 2021 — Floor Statements

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During debate on the House floor discussing Democrats’ debt ceiling crisis, top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced an amendment to prevent burdening American families, farmers, and small businesses with new reporting requirements to the IRS, and examined how Dems’ economic crisis is harming our economy and working ...

BRADY: We Need Economic Growth, Not Debt Increases to Pay for Dems’ Welfare Expansion

September 29, 2021 — Blog

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “This is an economic and political crisis of Democrats’ own making. There isn’t enough money in America to cover what Democrats want to spend. And Americans know it,” top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) said on the House floor during a debate against Democrats’ partisan discussions to raise the debt ceiling to pay ...

BRADY: With Its History of Political Targeting, Why Would We Reward the IRS with Greater Power Over Sensitive Taxpayer Data?

September 29, 2021 — Blog

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Democrats push to give the IRS access to Americans’ bank accounts, top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) kicked off a Republican roundtablewith Oversight Republican Leader Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) to examine the agency’s history of political targeting and leaks of private taxpayer information.   In the roundtable, Rep. Brady ...