04/04/2011
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"I am pleased to convene this hearing to consider the fiscal year 2012 funding request of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)."
"I believe freezing or restricting IRS funding--either for taxpayer service activities or for enforcement activities--would be a mistake and would undermine the goal of closing the tax gap and reducing..."
"So, we talked about these jail-cell taxpayers, and I've talked about this specific credit."
"It's estimated that $345 billion of Federal taxes go uncollected each year--a noncompliance rate of 16.3 percent."