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If this isn't evidence of an overwhelmingly progressive federal tax system currently in place, I don't know what would be.

Taking taxes to zero is not going to get us more revenue.

I come away feeling that there ought to be a pox in both our houses, both Republican and Democrat houses.

The idea that somehow we should reduce the number of audits, and the number of IRS agents, and that's going to make us more money is simple, clear, and wrong.

It's a disingenuous claim that's used as justification for pursuing historic expansion of federal spending.

I would also strongly believe that putting in place systems makes a lot of sense.

Instead of throwing billions of dollars at the IRS enforcement, our constituents would much better be served by a customer service focus.

That's simply hogwash from my point of view.

My Democrat colleagues don't seem to care about the cost to small business.

The IRS doesn't deserve the presumption it's going to do the right thing all the time.

Those I would add, are almost certainly unconstitutional themselves.

When we're talking about some social issues, they can become highly divisive, and we end up not doing as well as we could have.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end, before the short title, insert the following: domestic mining Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

These bills reflect our collective commitment to safeguarding our natural heritage.

I am grateful for the opportunity to address you today about several bills I have introduced.

I urge the House Natural Resources Committee to swiftly pass H.R. 5831.

I mean he focused on debt-to-GDP. If we could make the focus on debt-to-GDP, we could actually have substantial ground that we could gain in this direction.

I think we ought to discuss whether that process would actually make it easier or harder to actually balance the budget.