Political Quotes

“I am proud that we are here today to advance this seemingly modest, bipartisan bill that will have an outsized impact to improve service at the IRS. I have long championed investing in modernization at the IRS to improve taxpayer service and make government more efficient. The archaic, manual transcription process that IRS currently uses to process paper returns results in significant delays that can last months or even years and cause severe hardship. It is long past time that the IRS implement scanning technology to improve the speed and accuracy of processing these returns. Implementing a modernization process is a commonsense change with bipartisan support that will reduce refund delays, all the while lowering administrative costs. No matter how Americans file their taxes--digitally or by paper--they should be able to rely on timely resolution and quality service from our IRS. I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.”