Chris Van Hollen actually said...

I think it is an important achievement that in this budget you reach primary balance by the year 2017 and begin to stabilize the problem.

Van Hollen commends the budget's goal of achieving primary balance.

02/14/2011

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Do you need additional authorities to hire people who are particularly expert in some of the--in tax laws and some of the shenanigans people...

Audit rates fell, especially sharply for higher-income individuals making more than $1 million a year.

We need to invest in service, and we need to invest in enforcement, and technology actually helps both improve.

There is anywhere from $500 billion to $100 trillion in taxes each year that are owed and not paid. That is a staggering figure.