"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."
"I would like to submit a letter from April the 17th, 2012, by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops opposing, as they say, our strong opposition to unfair proposals that would alter the chi..."
"Please share with all the folks you work with that we thank them very much."
"I cannot imagine the stress they are under given that you have thousands of Americans waiting to connect with them on the phone."
"It is hard to believe you need a license to cut someone's hair, but in America, you do not need a license to prepare someone's perhaps most important financial documents."
"We do not want to undermine the voluntary compliance rates that we have in this country by Americans who pay their taxes."
"My understanding is, and correct me if I am wrong, that we now estimate that some $385 billion annually is not paid in taxes that are either avoided or intentionally not paid in this country."
"It is just incredible. We have American's who are voluntarily paying their taxes. You have a whole bunch of other American's who unfortunately are not doing what they should or at the level they shoul..."
"Mr. Becerra has one follow up question."