On the recordJanuary 9, 2023
Let me rename this legislation to the billionaire tax cheats happy days are here again because that is simply what this bill is about. I know my constituents are in one of the difficult districts in the Nation, and I realize that small businesses in my district, those who are getting earned income tax credit, they want refunds. They can't get them if the phones are not being answered and there are not enough staff to help them get the refunds that will help them propel their small business into the next year. Then, of course, Mr. Speaker, what about the lady who was trying to close a real estate deal, and there was no one at the office? That created a $68,000 tax burden because the tax office was not available to assist. We need to provide those workers to help Americans, not to create tax cheats. This legislation is deserving of opposition because we as Democrats are trying to make the IRS work for working families, get their refunds, get their dollars, help them propel into the next year, and be better for the moneys that they deserve to get back. Vote ``no'' on the underlying legislation. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 23, the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act. This bill would rescind $72 billion of the $79.6 billion appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service to refine its services and technology and reform its enforcement practices of the federal tax code. The passage of H.R.…
