to carry out its broad man day to oversee treasury, the irs and the nation's tax laws. since its passage, the committee has routinelily used 6103-f for these purposes and the executive branch has met its duty to comply with those requests. defendants have now, for what the committee believes is the first time ever denied a section 6103-f request in order to shield president trump's tax return information from congressional scrutiny and refusing to comply with the statute. defendants have mounted an extraordinary attack on the authority of congress to obtain information needed to conduct oversight of treasury, the irs and tax laws on behalf of the american people who participate in the nation's voluntary tax system. the lawsuit insists accurately that the law does not require the chairman of the ways and means committee to reveal any reason that the chairman is demanding any set of tax returns, but in the lawsuit,