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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Apr 26, 2023

I listened carefully to the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and there are some shared goals here: Ending welfare for the wealthy and helping people realize the dignity of work. There are ways we can come together to do that, but…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

I really salute the administration's commitment to those--to the four programs: So one is the dioxin cleanup, one is the disabilities with children, and a third is continuing the demining, and the fourth is the Wartime Accounting…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

The official estimate says that $540 billion of taxes owed go unpaid each year.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

This kind of flagrant abuse, flagrant tax evasion, highlights the point that you and I have been talking about, which is that this ball game is all about going after these wealthy tax cheats.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

Democrats made a big investment in taxpayer service with the Inflation Reduction Act, and it goes without saying that now the American people have a right to know what they got with that investment.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

Apparently, if he does not get what he wants, he is willing to let this country go through a catastrophic default.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

Democrats made a big investment in taxpayer service with the Inflation Reduction Act, and it goes without saying that taxpayers have a right to know what they got with that investment.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

It is these wealthy tax cheats--who can pretty much decide what they want to pay and when they want to pay it--that are the challenge.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

Democrats made a big investment in taxpayer service with the Inflation Reduction Act, and it goes without saying that taxpayers have a right to know what they got with that investment.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

Democrats are committed to the proposition that it should not cost hundreds of dollars and many more hours of time simply to follow the law and to pay what you owe.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

We know in this country we have a tax gap of hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

It is these wealthy tax cheats--who can pretty much decide what they want to pay and when they want to pay it--that are the challenge.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

We know in this country we have a tax gap of hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

Apparently, if he does not get what he wants, he is willing to let this country go through a catastrophic default.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

This kind of flagrant abuse, flagrant tax evasion, highlights the point that you and I have been talking about, which is that this ball game is all about going after these wealthy tax cheats.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

The official estimate says that $540 billion of taxes owed go unpaid each year.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 19, 2023

I have submitted a request for this budget to include some dedicated funds for supporting folks who advocate for, and support environmental defenders, we are just trying to understand better how it can be most effective.

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