The employees I talked to at the IRS are noble. They are hardworking. They are working with the utmost integrity. They have endured cuts to their agency, at times doing jobs that used to require two, sometimes three people to do. Again, my amendment merely makes a clarifying change to be certain that all of these employees, all IRS workers, receive the benefit of this well-deserved pay adjustment. I urge my colleagues to adopt the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Mrs. Trahan). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Lori Trahan: “The employees I talked to at the IRS are noble. They are hardworking. They are working with the utmost integrity. They…”
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