Oversight
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is currently failing to follow the law and protect taxpayers in several key areas, Ways…
Read More (Six Key Moments from Hearing with IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel)As prepared for delivery. “Thank you Commissioner Werfel for appearing before the Ways and Means Committee a little earlier than…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Hearing with IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days before IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel is scheduled to testify before the Ways and Means Committee, a new report issued…
Read More (Watchdog: Lack of Guardrails Leaves Confidential Taxpayer Information Vulnerable at the IRS)“We have a duty to protect the American taxpayer from an already supercharged IRS that exerts too much control over…
Read More (Twelve State Attorneys General Join Chairman Smith in Condemning IRS’s Direct File Scheme)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee wrote to three federal agencies seeking information on…
Read More (Bipartisan Coalition of Ways and Means Members Calls On Federal Agencies to Detail Efforts to Identify U.S. Charities with Possible Links to Terrorism)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…
Read More (Chairman Smith Applauds Decision to Hand Down the Maximum Allowable Sentence on the ProPublica Leaker)WASHINGTON, D.C. – All Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee sent a letter on Tuesday to the U.S. District Court…
Read More (Ways & Means Republicans: “Throw the Book” at IRS Leaker)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) must provide…
Read More (Chairman Smith: Elite Universities Failing to Protect Jewish Students Calls into Question Their Tax-Exempt Status)WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason…
Read More (Smith: DOJ’s Weak Prosecution of ProPublica Leaker Makes Robust Guardrails to Protect Taxpayer Information Even More Vital)