WASHINGTON, DC, December 30, 2022 — The Ways and Means Committee voted to publicly release the Committee’s investigation of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Mandatory Audit Program under the prior administration. The Committee’s investigation found the mandatory program was dormant, at best, with only one audit opened while the former President was in office, and […]
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Ways & Means Committee Votes to Investigate the IRS’s Mandatory Audit Program Under the Prior Administration
WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2022 —The Ways and Means Committee voted to publicly release the Committee’s investigation of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Mandatory Audit Program under the prior administration. The Committee’s investigation found the mandatory program was dormant, at best, with only one audit opened while the former President was in office, and none […]
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Social Security Administration satisfies 24-hour ultimatum to stop blocking payments to 30 million waiting Americans
WASHINGTON, DC, March 25, 2021 – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) had sent missing payment files […]
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Neal and Lewis Decry IRS Demands that Employees Resuming On-Site Work Monday Obtain Their Own PPE
WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2020 –After obtaining an email sent from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Human Capital Office to IRS employees stating that agency employees responsible for answering phones, processing mail, and other “mission-critical work” will not only be required to resume their on-site duties starting Monday, April 27, but also will need to acquire and […]
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Neal, Larson, and Lewis Demand Answers from Trump Admin. after Medicare Premium Withholding Failure
WASHINGTON, DC, May 23, 2019 – Yesterday, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Nancy A. Berryhill and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma. The […]
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Neal Statement on Requesting President Trump’s Tax Returns
WASHINGTON, DC, April 3, 2019 – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after sending a written request to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig for six years of President Donald J. Trump’s personal and business tax returns: “It is critical to ensure the accountability of our government […]