This budget does nothing to address Washington's spending problem.

The burdens on the smaller institutions should reflect the risks they present.

Right. We understand the IG is responsible for following up, as you testified and others have talked about, and prosecuting the IRS impersonation scammers.

This is a huge area that I think is kind of the tip of the iceberg if we are not careful.

The budget for 2017 would create $3.4 trillion in new taxes, increase spending by $2.5 trillion, and add $6.1 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years.

Unfortunately, little progress has been made in reducing compliance costs and regulatory burdens.

The administration has taken a number of steps to foster stronger economic ties with Cuba, yet a major barrier that my constituents in Arkansas face is the ban on private credit for agricultural transactions in the Cuban marketplace.

Are we continuing to conduct ongoing reviews to ensure the entities are not engaging in any of the prohibited activities?

As always, certainly if members have questions, they will submit those for the record, and we would appreciate your response.

Last year, I offered an amendment to the Senate Financial Services bill that was adopted by voice vote based on a bill that I and Senator Heitkamp introduced.

Taxpayers have been hit with an increasing number of scams this filing season.

Community banks did not cause the financial crisis, yet they have been affected during the implementation of Dodd-Frank.

If we want to change Cuba, we need to have more contact with Cuba.

But they received them in the past?

In regard to the Get Transcript application, the IRS will eventually send out over 1.7 million letters that are being mailed to affected taxpayers.

Failure to reauthorize would send Iran exactly the opposite message. In other words, the U.S. will not push back against bad Iranian behavior.

Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Commissioner, for being here. We appreciate your testimony very, very much.

I do not think we can emphasize that too much, sadly.