Bob Menendez

Just as the IRS expects taxpayers to file on time, taxpayers and tax professionals should be able to count on the IRS to answer the phone, respond to questions, and process refunds in a timely manner.

Well, I would like you to be able to give us a report when you see you are on your way to that.

correcting a small mistake should not lead to a 5-month delay in receiving a refund

Black taxpayers are at least three times as likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service

We are so much better than this. Our country needs us to be so much better than this.

I am proud of the progress you have made, but we need to do better.

Congratulations, Commissioner, on your confirmation.

When the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was established in 2003, for most people around the world an HIV/AIDS diagnosis was a death sentence.

To think about the origin of this committee, as a select committee put together after 9/11, to find ourselves here today engaging the way that we are is unacceptable.

We must not take our foot off the accelerator if we hope to be successful.

Just as the IRS expects taxpayers to file on time, taxpayers and tax professionals should be able to count on the IRS to answer the phone, respond to questions, and process refunds in a timely manner.

This next 5 years will determine whether we meet the goal of ending the global HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Thank you for being a man of integrity, because that somehow got lost today.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

This level of concentration gives these PBMs market power over data, drug coverage, and contracting--80 percent.

patients would be better off if PBMs and other supply chain entities were paid flat fees

High list prices hurt patients who must pay these prices. If list prices were lower, out-of-pocket payments based on list prices would be lower and more affordable.

it would be better for patients if the supply chain was delinked from list prices

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

The hyper-consolidation, with little to no regulatory oversight, creates inappropriate negotiating leverage that discourages competition and makes it difficult to achieve transparency, affordability, and timely access for patients.

pharmacy benefit managers are key players, or should be, in alleviating patients' financial burden at the pharmacy counter

it would be better for patients if the supply chain was delinked from list prices

pharmacy benefit managers are key players, or should be, in alleviating patients' financial burden at the pharmacy counter

PBMs make more money when a drug's list price increases, while patients bear the financial burden.