Robert Menendez actually said...

"I hope we can prick the conscience of the Senate to move on this issue, Mr. Chairman, because this is really consequential to millions of people."

"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."

"there is a fierce urgency of 'now' on this issue, and I just do not get the sense that many of my colleagues understand that."

"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."