the IRS beat Secretary Yellen's goal and delivered an 87 percent quality level of service

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.

Because if you are a taxpayer who can't afford to hire a lawyer or an accountant to help you create complexity and shield your income, then you would likely be very frustrated if those that did have the resources could do that and evade…

As Tom Suozzi would say, the facts are the facts.

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.

Unfortunately, the majority seems to think that the IRS budget is a slush fund to pay for every program that they want to pass and put into law.

I understand people don't like paying taxes, but this is how we fund our civilized society and the many programs that our constituents care about.

the biggest threat to the IRS right now is the extremism of some of our colleagues.

Millionaires and billionaires need to pay their fair share. I think everybody will agree up here.

If the revenue is not collected in a fair manner, that means the rest of us pay more.

By increasing the credit, making it fully refundable, and authorizing monthly payments we used the tax code to deliver relief directly to American families.