"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."
"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."
"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."
"We have 50 States."
"The number of deaths from opioid abuse have doubled in the last 3 years."
"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 other thing is this waste, fraud, and abuse; it is incredible what is happening on our watch right now."