Brady, Hatch Call on Federal Agencies to Prevent Political Employee “Burrowing”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent letters to federal agencies under the Committees’...
View ArticleSecretary Burwell Returns to Capitol Hill After Missing Committee Deadline to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell is set to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal....
View ArticleRoskam Announces Hearing on Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas on College...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas on...
View ArticleRoskam Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Protecting the Free...
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) delivered the following opening statement during an Oversight hearing on Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas on College...
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Ways and Means Members Examine Colleges Standing in the Way of Free Expression
Colleges and universities are supposed to be places where students can engage in intellectual, social, and political discourse. Free expression lies at the heart of their educational mission – a...
View ArticleIRS Fails to Protect Taxpayers … Again
The Internal Revenue Service earlier this week announced another damaging data breach that has left more Americans vulnerable to identify theft and refund fraud. In a statement from the IRS, the agency...
View ArticleBipartisan Ways and Means Oversight Members Stand Up for Victims of IRS Abuse
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Ranking Member John Lewis (D-GA) led all members of the Subcommittee in calling upon the Treasury Department, Internal...
View ArticleBrady and Upton Subpoena HHS for Information on $1.3 Billion in Unlawful...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of a nearly yearlong effort to obtain information regarding unlawful spending,the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Energy and Commerce Committee today issued...
View ArticleCommittee Leaders Respond to Labor Department’s Final Fiduciary Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL), and...
View ArticleWays and Means Announces Markup
What: Full Committee on Ways and Means Markup Where: 1100 Longworth House Office Building When: Wednesday, April 13 at 10:00 AM EDT Live stream available here. The Committee will consider the...
View ArticleFive Ways the Administration’s Fiduciary Rule Could Undercut Americans’...
Last week, the Department of Labor finalized its “fiduciary rule,” imposing a series of mandates that will drastically alter how Americans plan for retirement. After reviewing the rule, Ways and Means...
View ArticleRoskam Announces Hearing on Tax Return Filing Season
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) today announced that the Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing on the Tax Return...
View ArticleChairman Brady Opening Statement at Markup of Legislation to Hold the IRS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at a full committee markup to consider legislation to hold the Internal Revenue...
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During Tax Week, Ways and Means Moves Bills to Protect American Taxpayers &...
Ways and Means members today voted to pass four pieces of legislation that will make the IRS more accountable to the American people. This commonsense package of proposals, passed during “Tax Week,”...
View ArticleRep. Renacci Shares Personal Story on Tax-Related Identity Theft
In 2014, a tax return was filed in Congressman Jim Renacci’s (R-OH) name. Unfortunately, the return that was filed was not his. Congressman Renacci is sharing his story and leading the charge to end...
View ArticleChairman Roskam Opening Statement at Hearing on 2015 Tax Filing Season
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) delivered the following opening statement at an Oversight hearing on the Tax Filing Season. Remarks as...
View ArticleEveryone Agrees: IRS Must Do More to Protect Taxpayer Information
The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), today held a hearing with Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen to review the tax filing season and examine...
View ArticleWays and Means to Hold Markup on Bills to Protect Children and Taxpayer Identity
What: Full Committee on Ways and Means Markup Where: 1100 Longworth House Office Building When: Thursday, April 28, at 10:00 AM ET Live stream available here. The Committee will consider the following:...
View ArticleChairman Brady Opening Statement at Markup on Bills to Protect Children and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following opening statement at a full committee markup of three bills to protect children and taxpayer...
View ArticleW&M Takes More Action to Improve IRS
Ways and Means members today voted to pass three bills that will protect children and taxpayer identity. As Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) said at the start of the mark up: “We’re here...
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