Robert Menendez actually said...

"But even those most basic standards were struck down by a Federal appeals court in 2014, which ruled that the IRS did not have the statutory authority to regulate those paid preparers."

"I just have a real fierce sense of urgency, and I cannot, you know, elaborate on that enough to drive that point home."

"I hope we can do that, because I know many of my colleagues on this committee are worried about fraud across the board and certainly in the EITC program."

"The idea is simple: make sure that those who are handling sensitive financial information and filing returns on behalf of taxpayers have some training and actually know what they are doing."