Oversight
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Taxpayers whose privacy has been repeatedly abused and their financial information leaked by the government deserve answers…
Read More (Smith, Schweikert Push IRS for Information and Accountability on Improper Disclosure of Confidential Taxpayer Information)WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation to jumpstart recovery efforts on hundreds of billions…
Read More (Ways and Means Approves Plan to Recover Hundreds of Billions in Misspent, Stolen Unemployment Benefits)As prepared for delivery. “Last year, Americans told Congress that our country needed a new direction. Small businesses, farmers, and…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Views and Estimates, Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress, and the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)As prepared for delivery “During two years of one-party Democrat rule in Washington, this Committee should have done robust oversight…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress)As prepared for delivery “At the height of the COVID pandemic, government lockdowns shuttered Main Street businesses and kept American…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)WASHINGTON, DC – Nineteen months after a massive leak of confidential taxpayer information was published by ProPublica, the American people…
Read More (Smith Demands Timely and Public Answers from IRS Watchdog on Investigation into Leak of Taxpayer Private Data)Washington, D.C. – Restoring public trust and accountability to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must be a top priority for…
Read More (Smith: IRS Chief Nominee Must Answer to Taxpayers About Biden’s Middle-Class Audits, Agency Political Leaks, and Historic Tax Refund Backlog)WASHINGTON, DC – After the IRS failed to fulfill a request by Congress’s top tax panel to inform the agency’s more…
Read More (Smith: IRS’s Failure to Support Whistleblower Pathway Deepens Public Mistrust of the Agency)WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) must stop colluding with the Biden Administration to enact…
Read More (Smith: OECD Must Stop Colluding with Biden Administration to Surrender American Sovereignty)Washington, D.C. – Rather than keep Congress waiting for the Biden Administration’s plans for how it will use $80 billion…
Read More (Smith to Yellen: Do Not Delay Testifying About Biden’s Spending and Tax Plans)