The purpose of undertaking the overall investigation of Afghanistan was to look to 20-plus years and to try to find out lessons learned, things that we could do differently.

First off, as a Gold Star family myself--my uncle was killed in action--I just want to recognize and thank the families that are here.

I hope that the Speaker has the courage to even allow democracy that so many people fought for a chance to have a vote on this.

I understand people don't like paying taxes, but this is how we fund our civilized society and the many programs that our constituents care about.

Because if you are a taxpayer who can't afford to hire a lawyer or an accountant to help you create complexity and shield your income, then you would likely be very frustrated if those that did have the resources could do that and evade…

I remind everyone every single Republican in Congress voted against the Inflation Reduction Act and against funding for the IRS to do its job.

By increasing the credit, making it fully refundable, and authorizing monthly payments we used the tax code to deliver relief directly to American families.

the American people can count on us to ensure that wealthy and well-connected people are paying their fair share, too.

Madam Speaker, last month, I joined my colleague Jared Moskowitz on a tour of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The school is frozen in time. It is just as it was 6 years ago today when a gunman stole the lives…

the biggest threat to the IRS right now is the extremism of some of our colleagues.

Millionaires and billionaires need to pay their fair share. I think everybody will agree up here.

I believe the only reason to work to cut the IRS budget is to either make consumer services worse or to make cheating on your taxes easier.

You can't pay down your child's hunger once at the end of each year.

If the revenue is not collected in a fair manner, that means the rest of us pay more.

What has the IRS done to restore an element of fairness to the tax system?

As Tom Suozzi would say, the facts are the facts.

Under Republican funding cuts, the audit rate on millionaires fell by more than 70 percent.

I want a roll call vote on that.