Political Quotes

“It is good in this season to be surrounded by truth. Let me rise to support H.R. 9640, the Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act of 2022, because this is a necessity. When the Committee on Ways and Means investigated the IRS' execution of its mandate to audit the taxes of a sitting President, they found that, during the Trump administration, the IRS has been in serious dereliction of its duty to audit the taxes of Donald Trump when he had been President. In fact, we have found and believe that at one time he paid zero. I don't want to necessarily focus on Donald Trump, but he happens to be at the core issue of the fact of: Are we an equal society? The Committee on Ways and Means has emphasized that we are. It leads us to the obvious questions of: Why? Did the IRS simply forget to do it? Did someone misplace his tax returns? Did the auditor of Presidential tax returns retire? I think this legislation is imperative because it must be a general perspective that transparency is for everyone. Let me be very clear: There are hardworking members of the IRS, hardworking members of that team. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.”