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Richard Edmund Neal is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Neal has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for Social Security and has expressed concerns about privatization efforts by Republicans. Neal has also been vocal about the impacts of trade policies on American families, particularly criticizing the effects of the Trump administration's trade war.
I include in the Record the Statement of the Administration Policy opposing H.R. 23. Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 23--To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue Service The Administration strongly opposes…
I include in the Record a CBO score for this bill that is showing that it will add $114 billion to the Federal deficit over the next 10 years. ESTIMATED BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF H.R. 23, THE FAMILY AND SMALL BUSINESS TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT…
He points out in the opening paragraph of a tax notes special. By the way, those of us in the tax world know what tax notes means. He said that last year, this would be 2021, the Federal Government failed to collect $574 billion of taxes…
I think part of that new recruiting class at the IRS is going to simply answer the phones. That would be helpful, a step in the right direction. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schneider), a CPA who really…
I did indicate, I think, perhaps earlier-- maybe the gentleman was not here--that Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden both have had their tax forms audited. The majority staff has offered the minority staff, who I have great regard for, the…
We were not granted this information until the Supreme Court ruled on November 23, and we did not pursue this legislation at the last minute. We went through the regular order here, indeed, with the gentlewoman from California, who did a…
A reminder, 9 out of the last 10 Presidents of the United States have publicly offered their tax forms. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis), one of the leaders on this issue.
I still intend to say kind things about the ranking member despite peeling the bark off my legislation. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), a leader on this issue of tax compliance.
The former Commissioner of the IRS has indicated in the last 24 hours that he had no idea as to how the actual audit of a President's forms played out. That is not from me; that is from the public record. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\…
Before I finish my time here, I do thank Kevin Brady. We had an excellent relationship at the committee. I can speak for all the Democrats on the committee that they had high regard for Kevin Brady when he was in the majority and when he…
This clearly showed that a mandatory audit program, which requires every President and Vice President's tax returns to be reviewed by IRS was not working properly.
I want to take this opportunity to extend my warmest congratulations to the Springfield, Massachusetts, Citadel of the Salvation Army, The Republican newspaper, El Pueblo Latino MassLive, Reminder Publishing, and The Westfield News upon…
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