WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Ways and Means Committee today announced the witnesses testifying before the Tax Policy Subcommittee on July 19th at a hearing entitled “How Tax Reform Will Simplify Our Broken Tax Code and Help Individuals and Families.”

The Honorable Bill Archer, Former Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means
Chairman Archer served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1970 to 2001, and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means from 1995 to 2001. Chairman Archer crafted and fought for enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the IRS Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, Taxpayer Bill of Rights legislation, and numerous other pro-taxpayer initiatives. While a Member of the Ways and Means Committee, Chairman Archer personally filed his own individual tax return each year. 

Jania Stout, Practice Leader and Co-Founder, Fiduciary Plan Advisors at HighTower
Jania Stout has over 20 years of experience in ERISA plan consulting.  Ms. Stout leads a team of consultants with a unified focus on helping retirement plan sponsors with their fiduciary responsibilities. Ms. Stout’s team won one of the most prestigious awards in the industry in 2013: the 401(k) Advisor Leadership Award sponsored by National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA). 

Bernard F. McKay, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Council for Electronic Revenue Communication Advancement (CERCA)
Bernie McKay is the Chairman of CERCA, which was founded in 1994 at the request of the IRS to work with stakeholders to build electronic filing and advanced electronic administration.

Eric Rodriguez, Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, UnidosUS
Eric Rodriguez is the Vice President of the Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation at UNIDOS US. In this capacity he leads and manages a team that oversees the institution’s legislative affairs, public policy research, policy analysis, and field advocacy work.

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