Our duty is to ensure that your agencies, funded by this subcommittee, are provided the resources needed to do an excell...
I am happy that this hearing--this is a very sensitive program, and we think when it is effective it really has pulled s...
I want to thank all the witnesses for being here today, and providing testimony.
At a time of record level Federal deficits, the last thing the government can afford is to be hemorrhaging tens of billi...
this Committee has an obligation to examine all of the causes of the tax gap.
I want to make the statement that, yes, we have a tax gap.
I think you raise some important points, especially about after-the-fact and audits.
Our whole delegation is working on it with the other gulf coast Senators. We will continue to push it. It is extremely i...
Thank you for everything that you have done not just for this industry, but for our citizens and our State.
I believe that the Congress should also require continued reporting on the amount of uncollected duties.
Because they don't have an ability to surge their personnel or et cetera?
But no fines have been assessed. So you all reported them. You did what you were supposed to do.
It is an excellent example of public-private partnerships, which the two of us are very supportive of.
there is $1 billion-plus on the table that we are not collecting.
But how long does that rate last?
I think that would be a very practical and direct impact change that could address this problem.
Four industries accounted for 80 percent?
You also mentioned that China accounted for 90 percent of uncollected duties.
