Chris Coons: “I would welcome a classified briefing at some point, Mr. Chairman, on the intersection between DoD, USAID, and State.”

It’s ridiculous that one of the first things an American hostage or wrongful detainee receives from the government when they return home from captivity is a tax bill.

This is simple. It’s common sense. It’s bipartisan, and it’s compassionate.

For 50 years, Prison Fellowship has brought that transformation to communities across the country, answering Jesus’ call to love our neighbors no matter where or who they are.

I’ve been working for years to fix this flaw in our tax code to ensure that Americans currently held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad don’t owe thousands of dollars to the IRS when we finally bring them home.