I believe the only reason to work to cut the IRS budget is to either make consumer services worse or to make cheating on your taxes easier.
Rich Neal
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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.
The American people can count on us to ensure that wealthy and well-connected people are paying their fair share, too.
Under Republican funding cuts, the audit rate on millionaires fell by more than 70 percent.
The biggest threat to the IRS right now is the extremism of some of our colleagues.
If the revenue is not collected in a fair manner, that means the rest of us pay more.
We are talking about delivering savings of up to 25 percent, and yet our Republican colleagues are still making efforts to block the law.
Our historic Inflation Reduction Act is starting to take hold, saving the American people money and delivering more breathing room.
More Americans have health insurance today than ever before: 21 million people signed up during the latest open enrollment.
We have heard the arguments here. This is what is possible. Despite what some have said here, this does expand the child tax credit. It is clear. No legislation that comes to this floor is perfect. We tried very hard, and we succeeded on…
Our first priority must always be safety. Universities also have a responsibility to cultivate safe and supportive learning environments.
Over a month ago, Hamas unleashed evil, slaughtering 1,200 people and kidnaping hundreds, including Americans.
Let there be no doubt that I, along with our colleagues on the Democratic side, are here today to condemn anti-Semitism in all its forms.
Freedom to talk about ideas is not the freedom to threaten people based on their identity.
This subcommittee should be taking action to eliminate child poverty, not attacking struggling parents.
The doubling of child poverty in our country in one year is a five-alarm fire.
The progress we made in 2021 shows that we can slash child poverty when we have the political will to do so.
Our intent here was not to be punitive, not to pick on anybody, and not to favor one side or the other.
It was a good product that passed out of here because of the work of this committee and the product that became law.
The idea was, almost like binding arbitration, to make sure that people of goodwill and good intentions would try to avoid the process at the end.
The role that this committee played in ensuring that Congress would pass a strong and balanced law--emphasis on 'balanced.'
Ways and Means Democrats continue to want what is best for America's patients.
For too long, millions of Americans have struggled with unexpected out-of-pocket health costs that have caused anxiety and hardship for their families.
Without effective enforcement, trade liberalization measures can have a detrimental effect on America's workers and industries.





