[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Before we began i now, i know speak for anyone here when i wish our Ranking Member a belated happy birthday yesterday. And lets have some cake later so lets celebrate. But late happy birthday. We appreciate serving with you. Thank you, commissioner werfel, for appearing before the ways and Means Committee a little earlier than usual this year. We have a lot to go over with use appreciate you answering the request of our members to come before the Committee Early this year. First, as it pertains to the current 2023 tax Filing Season i want to thank you and your team for the Technical Work to ensure the quick and without delay implementation of provisions of the tax relief for American Families and workers act. We particularly appreciate the steps the agency is taken right now to be ready to immediately implement the legislation once the Senate Passes the bill and it is signed
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Before we began i now, i know speak for anyone here when i wish our Ranking Member a belated happy birthday yesterday. And lets have some cake later so lets celebrate. But late happy birthday. We appreciate serving with you. Thank you, commissioner werfel, for appearing before the ways and Means Committee a little earlier than usual this year. We have a lot to go over with use appreciate you answering the request of our members to come before the Committee Early this year. First, as it pertains to the current 2023 tax Filing Season i want to thank you and your team for the Technical Work to ensure the quick and without delay implementation of provisions of the tax relief for American Families and workers act. We particularly appreciate the steps the agency is taken right now to be ready to immediately implement the legislation once the Senate Passes the bill and it is signed
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Live on every channel. Trying to figure out whats going on so it was live and entire room thousands turn at once and start booing at me screaming in person saying the things they were saying online but saying them to my face, and it was nerve wrecking, my phone again starts going off like crazy. Not just people on twirts but my colleagues and my bosses and my mom saying what in the world is happening . Because shes watching it on television are you safe are you okay shes concerned. But i put my put my phone off i put it down over here because i have a job to do hes making a major announcement. How do you keep doing that job when that kind of attention ive learned at this point because hes gone of a me so many times i learned at this point in order to defuse the situation is smile and you wave. So i did that i smited and i waved at this angry crowd and they got bore ed and turned around. How were you personally angry at donald trump . Himself or in the moment you let it go because you h
Thank you for being such a good human being and for inspiring all of us. [applause] and for standing up for immigrants and for the rule of law. There is a law in the books called temporary protected status at which like all law the executive is supposed to follow, and right now in the days before thanks give dhs has to decide whether its going to respect that law under which 50,000 haitians are protected because of the epidemic and Hurricane Matthew and the earthquake. So i approve we all should appreciate your reare minder of the values that were not a country that allows individuals to run over the law and executive has to obey it thanks to the reminders. Thank you. Thank you very much. [applause] good evening mr. Con. I understand you have a fulfilled many dreams in your life coming to the United States, going to harvard. Is there any other dream you have yet to fulfill . Thank you. [laughter] [applause] my dream would be to see my nation become beacon eve remain buy con of hope for