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On the recordApril 25, 2017
So, if you've lived your life under that regime, knowing that there is a return, knowing that the IRS, that the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia talked about, knowing that there are financial resources, knowing that Commissioner Koskinen says that he can get a 20-percent return sometimes--or even let's take conservative, under sworn testimony, he said an 8-to-1 return, wouldn't we be better off taking the $71 million that we spent last year and using it for some other type of enforcement that provided a better return?
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Mark Meadows
Republican · North Carolina

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Questioning the effectiveness of current IRS enforcement spending and suggesting better allocation of resources.

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