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Bob Kerrey: Senator Grassley not only was on the National Commission on Restructuring the IRS, along with myself and Congressman…

On the recordMay 5, 1998
Senator Grassley not only was on the National Commission on Restructuring the IRS, along with myself and Congressman Portman and Congressman Cardin on the House side, but long before I ever became interested in this issue, Senator Grassley, along with Senator Pryor--indeed, Senator Grassley may want to offer some historical reflections on this--has been involved with trying to change the law and put the law on the side of the taxpayers, to give them more rights. I believe, I say to the Senator, the first taxpayers' bill of rights legislation was enacted, was it 1994? I ask the Senator from Iowa, the first taxpayers' bill of rights--I know Taxpayers' Bill of Rights II was 1996.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

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Discussing the history of taxpayers' rights legislation during a Senate floor debate.

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