Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak on this bill. First, I would like us to clarify exactly some of the things that we are able to deliver in this bill: One is low-income taxpayer exception to the Private Debt Collection program. The second is that it codifies the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program that helps low-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns. The third is that the bill allows the IRS to refer taxpayers needing assistance to low-income taxpayer clinics. The bill also creates a single point of contact within the IRS to identify identity theft victims. And, lastly, the bill allows all taxpayers, over the next 5 years, to request an identity protection personal identification number to use to prevent identity theft. So, I would like to commend all of those positive concessions delivered to the American people in this bill. However, I would also like to lodge some of my concerns perhaps for us to address in the future. Dylan Matthews at Vox recently published an article that said: ``It is a huge scandal that Congress has not yet instructed the IRS to automatically prepare taxes for the vast majority of Americans. The IRS has all the information required to do that for all but a few taxpayers,'' and the main reason it doesn't may have to do with the role of money in politics.…”