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On the recordMarch 9, 2023
Yesterday's action by this committee, coming up with this fantasy that somehow the IRS can prioritize 1.28 million--excuse me, billion--payments a year, to try and sidestep our responsibility to raise the debt, I apologize for that.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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Blumenauer criticizes the committee's unrealistic expectations of the IRS in managing payments.

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