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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Apr 28, 2023

I appreciate my colleagues' newfound concern for the environment and for the industry. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record correspondence from the solar industry in the United States opposing their resolution and supporting our position…

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Apr 28, 2023

I include in the Record a statement from the carpenters union and operating engineers union, who oppose legislation that eliminates thousands of jobs; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and LIUNA. IUOE Contact: Jeff Soth…

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Apr 28, 2023

I include in the Record a statement from the League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Climate Action Campaign, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Clean Energy for America, Chesapeake Climate Action…

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Apr 26, 2023

I listened carefully to the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and there are some shared goals here: Ending welfare for the wealthy and helping people realize the dignity of work. There are ways we can come together to do that, but…

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Apr 26, 2023

Thank you for taking what is arguably the most thankless job in America.

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Apr 26, 2023

I appreciate what you are talking about, being able to equip the IRS to meet the challenge.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 26, 2023

it was John Quincy Adams who once said: If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. For the last 14 years, the members of my team have had an outstanding leader in our chief of…

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· Apr 25, 2023

I was really proud to help reintroduce the Young Farmers Success Act (H.R. 2728), along with our gracious Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson.

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Suzanne Bonamici
@suzannebonamici· Democratic · OR· Apr 25, 2023

I want to express my condolences and grief about the passing of Jenn Wickre, a member of the staff of this Committee.

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Suzanne Bonamici
@suzannebonamici· Democratic · OR· Apr 25, 2023

Thank you very much, Chair Lucas and Ranking Member Lofgren and our witnesses.

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Cliff Bentz
@cliffbentz· Republican · OR· Apr 25, 2023

That lack of respect is reprehensible. It needs to change.

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Suzanne Bonamici
@suzannebonamici· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

As a fellow Oregon Ducks fan, an Oregonian, I am really grateful to be here today with my colleagues to honor an exceptional staffer, Jenn Wickre. Jenn is a longtime, dedicated, and invaluable staffer for the House Committee on Science…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

It is these wealthy tax cheats--who can pretty much decide what they want to pay and when they want to pay it--that are the challenge.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

This kind of flagrant abuse, flagrant tax evasion, highlights the point that you and I have been talking about, which is that this ball game is all about going after these wealthy tax cheats.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

Democrats are committed to the proposition that it should not cost hundreds of dollars and many more hours of time simply to follow the law and to pay what you owe.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

The official estimate says that $540 billion of taxes owed go unpaid each year.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

Democrats made a big investment in taxpayer service with the Inflation Reduction Act, and it goes without saying that taxpayers have a right to know what they got with that investment.

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