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David Vitter: I certainly respect the perspective and thoughts of the gentleman about the IRS. I just want to clarify. Even under the…

On the recordJuly 20, 2000
I certainly respect the perspective and thoughts of the gentleman about the IRS. I just want to clarify. Even under the amendment, we would increase the IRS budget over last year over $200 million, and I presume we are not going to give them 200 million more dollars and be laying off people.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing the IRS budget during a debate.

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