that the company plans to invest additional $1 billion in the u.s. and special $1,000 to more than 200 employees if the president signs the bill before christmas and employees receive the bonus over the holidays. this is parent company come tas employee bonuses and wage increases following the gop tax bill passage, which is set to slash the u.s. corporate rate to 21 from 35%. let s start with at&t. i was struck yesterday as the president signed this bill, he said i m doing it now in the hastey way that the media was doubting i would get this done from christmas. there is haste to get this done. they also had to clear one of the key budget hurdles that would allow him to sign it. now he was able to sign so they can payout of the of the bonuses before the end of the year. look at at&t $1,000 employee
chose to reduce dollars purposely dedicateed to customer service and to going to it. we got 0 funding for the affordable care act. we could not implement that and so we took hundred million in user fees out of customer and put it in it to develop it to support the filing season. he pointed out the agency s decision to spend money was statutory man dated by the very congress that demanded money spent on customer service. but the employee bonus and union activities. democrat john lewiscalled for more irs funding. saying you can t get blood from
bias, errant release of personal information, contempt for the congress, and egregious waste of taxpayer dollars. otherwise it s working okay. reporter: amid all that outrage, acting commissioner has canceled employee bonus this is year. but to lessen that pain, the irs hopes to cancel two furlough days scheduled for employees this summer under the mandatory spending cuts known as sequester. thanks. and house oversight and government reform committee chairman dwarl eye a announced late today the full committee will hold another hearing next thursday to address the irs targeting of conservative groups. speaking of big money, a lot of yours has gone down the drain. in afghanistan. tonight national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us about one incredible example. reporter: in afghanistan, you don t expect to find elephants, but it seems to be a national happen at that time for the white elephant, a unique beast