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Bob Kerrey: The Treasury Department and the administration support the bill that is lying right down there, that if there was no…

On the recordNovember 8, 1997
The Treasury Department and the administration support the bill that is lying right down there, that if there was no objection we would take up immediately here and pass in the Senate as well. Not only does the Treasury support it, but former Treasury Secretary Brady, former Treasury Secretary Baker, former Commissioner Richardson, and former Commissioner Goldberg. I mean, everybody that has looked at the law, they can say it could go further, do additional things, but nobody has lodged an argument that says the changes in this law would not stand a very good chance of improving the operational efficiency experienced by taxpayers who receive notices every day and by taxpayers who have questions and call up the IRS and try to get those questions answered.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

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Discussing support for a bill related to IRS operational efficiency.

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