If confirmed, Mr. Werfel, you must be the change agent we have long been promised.

The policies that have been enacted by President Biden's reckless tax and spending bill really are not going to be helpful in trying to regain the credibility of the American people for the agency.

There's growing uncertainty about when or even if the IRS plan for spending the $80 billion will be publicly released.

The battle has been over this completely uncontrolled and undefined commitment of 60 percent of the $80 billion to enforcement.

We know about the poor customer service. Less than 10 percent of the taxpayer calls are getting answered.

These shortfalls fall on hardworking Americans with modest income far under $400,000.

This is going after waiters and waitresses.

Ranking Member Crapo has introduced legislation to protect taxpayers making less than $400,000 from increased audits.

What these people--what the Russians have done in Ukraine is barbaric. It's unforgiveable.

You can't undial this. You cannot take back the atrocities that we have seen perpetrated on the innocent people of Ukraine.

Ranking Member Crapo has introduced legislation to protect taxpayers making less than $400,000 from increased audits.

More than $45 billion went to support an army of IRS agents.

This is going after waiters and waitresses.

The policies that have been enacted by President Biden's reckless tax and spending bill really are not going to be helpful in trying to regain the credibility of the American people for the agency.

I want to know whether there are any intentions at the IRS or any intention on your part to regulatorily seek to expand the ability of the IRS to literally invade and look into the bank accounts of Americans simply because they have…

I want to get into that.

I want to know whether you are going to commit today that the plan will not allow this super-sized enforcement money to be utilized against people who make less than $400,000 per year.

We have never had an argument in this committee about whether we need to give the IRS the necessary resources.