The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the salience of the Department.

I am deeply concerned by the current administration's approach to Medicaid waivers that were granted in the last administration.

We must carefully evaluate our response to the pandemic and implement appropriate reforms based on the lessons we have learned.

I think our most urgent threats are asymmetric rather than symmetric. And cyber is obviously right in the heart of that.

the reason I asked that question is because often in the political discussion of this, what we see in the media at least, is this notion that there are so-called 'loopholes' that taxpayers are taking advantage of.

If congressional intent was really to get these advance payments out at all costs as soon as possible, then the logical approach would have been to simply provide an extra bonus in the Economic Impact Payment of each qualifying low-income…

I am left with the impression that the aggressive July 1st payment deadline imposed by congressional Democrats will be challenging to meet by an IRS staff that is already stretched thin.

many lower-income and rural individuals and families do not have access to the Internet.

Further, IRS call center wait times remain unacceptably long, and many taxpayers have been sent confusing automated notices indicating that they have not yet filed their return, when in fact it was filed but has not yet been processed by…

Confusion has also been generated because of the massive fraud in unemployment compensation programs.

Finally, we are now approaching 2 years since Congress passed the Taxpayer First Act, an important bipartisan measure that will enhance taxpayer protections, modernize the IRS's organizational structure, and improve its customer service…

The past 12 months have brought unprecedented challenges not only for the American people, but also for the Internal Revenue Service.

I am extremely concerned about the reports of a backlog of millions of tax returns from last year's filing season that have not yet been processed.

We cannot allow future generations to fall further behind while the Biden Administration tiptoes around the radical demands of teacher unions.

Students with disabilities are falling behind. States and localities are not meeting even the minimum requirements.

Why do you believe in light of the science being clear that reopening schools is safe? Why do you believe schools are not open?

The current administration and this Congress have failed these families.

Our families do not need our words, they need our actions.