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On the recordMay 5, 2019
The law is plain on its face. It's a law that goes all the way back to the 1920s after the Teapot Dome scandal in the Harding administration, one infamous scandals in the American history, and the Congress said, from now on, the IRS shall provide tax returns upon written request of the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen emphasizes the clarity of the law requiring the IRS to provide tax returns to Congress.

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