Xavier Becerra

Well, that is probably one of the most important things that can come out of this hearing, is an assurance that, one way or the other, as we move forward on this transition, that no American is going to be left behind.

I appreciate where you point out where IRS can do better and where it is doing the best it can.

We should try to go backward because the reality is it is not just about trying to help 33 million Americans.

When the Wall Street banking crisis of 2008 hit, causing the worst recession since the Great Depression, it was the middle class that took it on the chin. More than 8 million Americans lost their job through no fault of their own. And as…

I don't think there is any doubt that, at least in this House--and I got to believe our colleagues in the Senate would agree--that it really is time, as Mr. Bertoni said, for CMS to catch up and remove the number from the card.

I thank the chairman for yielding the time. It took 19 Presidents and 100 years dating back to President Teddy Roosevelt to open the door to all Americans, to quality health care that is centered on the patient-doctor relationship; 105…

I can't find any reason why I should be asked to pay for your health care when you can afford it.

Earlier today I was unavoidably detained and missed rollcall vote 438. If present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote 438. Stated against:

the gap between what the Social Security Administration needs to serve the American public and the resources actually appropriated by Congress was the biggest, the gap was the biggest it had been in 20 years.

Six out of ten seniors who get Social Security rely on Social Security for a majority of their income.

Over 77 years now, through 13 recessions, Social Security has added not one penny to our deficit or to our debt.

This is what I love about hearings. When we actually can have this kind of a discussion, this is what I think the public would love to hear.

Social Security, even through the worst recession since the Great Depression, is a program that people have grown to rely upon and can trust.

On June 20, 2012, I was unavoidably detained and missed rollcall vote 390. If present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote 390. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, 2 out of every 10 women in America will be a victim of rape in her lifetime. More than that will experience severe physical violence by an intimate partner. Madam Speaker, which one of…

I hope we do. I hope we have the IRS here. I believe that the more we do to examine this sector, the better off those that are doing phenomenal work will be able to have contributions made by Americans because they will know, in fact, that…

Congress needs to do its part too by providing adequate resources and enacting legislation that strikes the right balance between efficiently processing returns and preventing fraud.

Unfortunately, budget cuts mean the IRS is struggling just to keep up with its core work.

Is there a more clear definition of being penny wise and pound foolish than to cut the IRS millions of dollars and cost the taxpayers at the end of the day billions of dollars?

The National Taxpayer Advocate has identified IRS's underfunding as the 'number one most serious problem' in her annual report to Congress.

The Internal Revenue Service does a lot with a little, processing 140 million tax returns in the span of just a few months while combating fraud and enforcing our tax laws.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. When you hear of small business, what comes up in your mind first? The corner drug store? The tech troubleshooting startup? My daughter's martial arts instructor? How about Donald Trump? How about Trump…

What the gentleman Mr. Levin is saying is correct, and I want to correct Mr. Cantor because he misspoke about the Democratic alternative. The Democratic alternative requires that a small business make an investment in a plant or small…

Some people don't believe that that's the case. That is America. Ms. DeLAURO. That is. Now I would like to say ``thank you'' to our colleague from New Jersey, Congressman Holt, and ask him to join our conversation this evening.

I thank the gentlelady from Connecticut, my good friend Rosa DeLauro, for not just this evening, but for the years of work that she has done in committee, for her district, and simply in Congress as being one of the champions of not just…