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Chuck Grassley: we are just talking about common sense. In other words, Congress passes a law. We want to tax at a certain level and a…

On the recordMay 6, 1998
we are just talking about common sense. In other words, Congress passes a law. We want to tax at a certain level and a certain group of people. A lot of times those laws have been in place for a long period of time. Congressional intent was followed for a long period of time. And then there is somebody sitting in some bureaucracy--in this case, the Treasury Department--that says, oh, no, that is not what Congress intended; this is what they intended. Then he changes it. We don't have a process for reviewing that. This legislation will give a process for that review. But we will not find ourselves in a position of having to correct something that is contrary to congressional intent, but also with the idiotic situation that we somehow have to come up with revenue to offset a change of policy that we never intended in the first place.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing the need for a review process for changes made by the Treasury Department that contradict congressional intent.

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