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Bob Kerrey: “I would like to declare that I think we should be having a yearly hearing hosted by the Senate's Finance Committee with…”

On the recordMay 7, 1998
I would like to declare that I think we should be having a yearly hearing hosted by the Senate's Finance Committee with the IRS Commissioner, with the chair of the new oversight board created in this new law, the National Taxpayer Advocate, and the new Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; as the four witnesses. The purpose of the hearing would be to review overall progress by the IRS in serving the needs of taxpayers.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

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Discussing the need for annual oversight hearings by the Senate Finance Committee regarding the IRS.

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