Taxpayers and corporations. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] are right. This joint hearing of the subcommittee on Government Operations and the federal workforce and healthcare and Financial Services committee will come to order. Welcome everyone. Without objection the chair may declare a recess at any time. Recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. First and foremost thank youst l for being here in this crazy but at times were in. Nevertheless, what were talking about is extremely important. The irs has been played really with dysfunction for decades. The dysfunction is across the board from data breaches complex, and didnt except to slow audits, backlogs, and really Terrific Customer Service got at least for my constituents. Despite years of congressional oversight and government watchdog warnings, not much has changed. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle believe that more money and more power is thee solution. In fact, the last year
Taxpayers and corporations. All right the joint hearing of the subcommittee on Government Operations in the federal workforce in healthcare and Financial Services committee will come to order. Welcome everyone. Without objection the chair may declare a racist at any time. I recognize myself for the purpose of making Opening Statement first and foremost thank you all for being here. This crazy bit of times we are in we are time is extremely important have been plagued with dysfunction and complexity dysfunction is acrosstheboard of data breaches and Identity Theft to slope audits, backlogs and Terrific Customer Service at least for my constituent. Despite years of oversight and watchdogs not much has changed my collect on the other side of the aisle believe more money and more power is the solution. In fact, and last years yearsInflation Reduction Act Congressional Democrats 80 billion, 80 building with the irs. With this influx of cash this funding reinforcement of improving Taxpayer S
Irs commissioner testified before a joint hearing of two House Oversight and accountability subcommittees. Discussed the workforce challenges funding concerns and disparities in audit race between a low income and wealthy taxpayers and corporations. All right the joint hearing of the subcommittee on Government Operations in the federal workforce in healthcare and Financial Services committee will come to order. Welcome everyone. Without objection the chair may declare a racist at any time. I recognize myself for the purpose of making Opening Statement first and foremost thank you all for being here. This crazy bit of times we are in we are time is extremely important have been plagued with dysfunction and complexity dysfunction is acrosstheboard of data breaches and Identity Theft to slope audits, backlogs and Terrific Customer Service at least for my constituent. Despite years of oversight and watchdogs not much has changed my collect on the other side of the aisle believe more money
Our second panel. I am very excited for this actually. I have my good friend, janet woodcock, who is the principal fda commissioner and has been there for a number of years and helped reorganize and restructure offices. And is probably one of the best investors i know in the public and private sector. She has always been willing to do the hard work that others are unwilling to do and make hard decisions. And continuing our brain traps, we have dr. Mark mcclellan who ran two federal agencies including serving as the fda commissioner area i am an eternal pragmatist so this is fun for me because you are going to spend time talking about how to fix agencies and organizations. During the pandemic, the biomedical innovation complex works pretty well. We got vaccines, had therapeutics, and it took time to happen and in record time. All of us are probably sitting here today because these things actually happened. We got them out community. The Public Health infrastructure unfortunately offerin
Our second panel. I am very excited for this actually. I have my good friend, janet woodcock, who is the principal fda commissioner and has been there for a number of years and helped reorganize and restructure offices. And is probably one of the best investors i know in the public and private sector. She has always been willing to do the hard work that others are unwilling to do and make hard decisions. And continuing our brain traps, we have dr. Mark mcclellan who ran two federal agencies including serving as the fda commissioner area i am an eternal pragmatist so this is fun for me because you are going to spend time talking about how to fix agencies and organizations. During the pandemic, the biomedical innovation complex works pretty well. We got vaccines, had therapeutics, and it took time to happen and in record time. All of us are probably sitting here today because these things actually happened. We got them out community. The Public Health infrastructure unfortunately offerin