Tom Rice

We need to make the IRS more customer-service-oriented, an agency that protects taxpayer rights, and fairly and efficiently administers our new tax code.

I look forward to seeing the Stolen Identity Refund Prevention Act of 2017 included within the tax administration legislation we are discussing today.

I look forward to seeing the Improper Tax Payment Reduction Act of 2017 included within the tax administration legislation we are discussing today.

In conclusion, the IRS needs our help in order to be--more efficiently administer the tax code and better serve our constituents.

If you don't meet these benchmarks by this date, we are not going to pay for the prescriptions anymore.

Whatever we are doing, clearly it is failing. We are not doing enough.

The number of deaths from opioid abuse have doubled in the last 3 years.

The other thing is this waste, fraud, and abuse; it is incredible what is happening on our watch right now.

It is a burden to the average person, and it is an awful shame that it is that way.

I want to thank you for what you do in helping people comply with the tax law.

MTBs have certainly come to the aid of a number of the businesses in my district.

The 50 percent tariff that Japan levees on U.S. beef, ridiculous.

I think we can do a little bit better than that. I think we gotta make this country competitive.

And yet we are running a trade deficit, I think, of like $17 billion a year with South Korea.

I think we certainly need some form of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but I also want to make sure that our interests are protected.

Both presidential candidates said it was a bad deal. Whether Donald Trump got elected or Hillary Clinton got elected, TPP was going nowhere.

It is alarming his commentary that we haven't had any hearings on tax reform or on NAFTA. But the only problem with that is, it is just not true.

So if your programmer has a heart attack, nobody is going to be able to get their tax refund. Is that what you are saying?

Isn't it more expensive, at some point, to maintain 55-year-old software than it is to just buy new and convert it over?

So you think the trend is good and we are going to start to see decreasing numbers?

Is the trend favorable today or not?

It is apparent that it is not a new problem. This is something that has been evolving over 30 years.

What would be your opinion? Do you see one on the horizon or not?

Infrastructure investment in the U.S. would also help make it more competitive.

I do think tax reform is a big one, making the incentives that--keeping business and investment outside the U.S. is the wrong incentive.