Tom Rice

But what I am confused about--I don't mean to badger you, I am sorry, but I just want to understand.

When Hurricane Matthew devastated my district in October 2016, I had many constituents contact me, concerned with how they were going to file their tax forms.

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 Improper Tax Payment Reduction Act of 2017 included within the tax administration legislation we are discussing today.

I look forward to seeing the Stolen Identity Refund Prevention 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.

This legislation would provide for an automatic 30-day reset of any IRS filing deadline that occurs in the wake of a major, major disaster declaration for events such as hurricanes or wildfires.

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.

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

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

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

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

The American Dream is what separates us from the rest of the world. It promises that, with hard work and determination, you can improve your station in life and that your children have the opportunity for a better life than yours; but for…

The American Dream is what separates us from the rest of the world. It promises that, with hard work and determination, you can improve your station in life and that your children have an opportunity for a better life than yours. But for…

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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