Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

are these the people Senator Whitehouse cavalierly joked about at the end of the hearing when he lamented over the missed opportunity to add...

Ramped-up enforcement is essential, but it is no substitute for addressing the fundamental injustice in the tax code.

The IRS conservatively estimates the tax gap--the difference between taxes owed and taxes collected--to be $441 billion per year.

My Republican colleagues and I may disagree on what makes a fair tax code, but we very much agree that everyone should pay what they owe.