Rich Neal

The Paycheck Protection Program worked. The unemployment insurance program worked.

The unemployment rate in America is now 3.4 percent.

Twelve million jobs have been created under President Biden, 517,000 last month.

Due to unforseen circumstances, I was unable to be present today to vote on Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez's Amendment No. 72 on H.R. 21, Strategic Production Response Act. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 68…

We are now on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the historic Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, historic in large measure because of the American dimension through a negotiated settlement which helped to bring about the longest-standing…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 221, nays 210, not voting 3, as follows: [Roll No. 25] YEAS--221 Aderholt Alford…

As my friend, the gentleman from Nebraska pointed out, with the Presidential audit system, Joe Biden overpaid his taxes. I hope the Record will reflect that, that the Democratic President overpaid his taxes, and the IRS wisely made sure…

A reminder that the 87,000 is over 10 years. The $80 billion is over 10 years. That is $8 billion a year for replacement of those who retire, who leave the service of the IRS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California…

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…

The challenge that was offered by the gentlewoman from California is as simple as this: We are weaponizing billionaires not to pay their fair share. That is what is happening. What we are asking here is the simplicity of allowing people at…

I include in the Record a letter from Secretary Yellen to the IRS Commissioner, directing the IRS not to use any additional funding to increase audits on small businesses and households earning less than $400,000 a year. Department of the…

That is precisely the point that we have attempted to make. Customer service is not occurring because the IRS has been cut by 30 percent over the last 15 years. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from the IRS Commissioner to the…

I include in the Record a FactCheck.org article confirming that not all of the 87,000 people who will be hired are going to work on enforcement. [From FactCheck.org, Aug. 18, 2022] IRS Will Target `High-Income' Tax Evaders with New…

Let me congratulate Mr. Smith, incidentally, on his recent elevation to become the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. We look forward to a productive session during the next couple of years. Mr. Speaker, I include into the Record a…

I thank the gentleman from Kansas, my friend. He just pointed out that the people at the bottom are audited more than the people at the top. That is precisely the point that we are attempting to make here during the course of the next few…

I include in the Record an op-ed piece from the former IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, a Republican, titled: ``IRS sets the record straight: We're going after tax evaders, not honest Americans.'' [From Yahoo! Finance, Aug. 25, 2022] IRS…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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\…

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.