Secretary mnuchen first. Welcome to everybody. Good morning. Senator cons and senator langford he looked good earlier. Today we have the opportunity to review the budget requests of the department of treasury and the Internal Revenue service. As we begin this important hearing we welcome our Witnesses Today, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchen and irs john koskinen, and the treasury ig for Tax Administration russell george. Thank you for being here. The department of treasury has an important mission. Its work is to promote Economic Growth and stability and safeguard our Financial System which is critical to maintain a Strong Economy and create economic opportunity. Equally important is its work to combat terrorism. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, money laundering, Drug Trafficking and other National Security threats. The Internal Revenue service has the significant role of administering our nations tax laws. To carry this out effectively, taxpayers must have the faith
Secretary mnuchen first. Welcome to everybody. Good morning. Senator cons and senator langford he looked good earlier. Today we have the opportunity to review the budget requests of the department of treasury and the Internal Revenue service. As we begin this important hearing we welcome our Witnesses Today, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchen and irs john koskinen, and the treasury ig for Tax Administration russell george. Thank you for being here. The department of treasury has an important mission. Its work is to promote Economic Growth and stability and safeguard our Financial System which is critical to maintain a Strong Economy and create economic opportunity. Equally important is its work to combat terrorism. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, money laundering, Drug Trafficking and other National Security threats. The Internal Revenue service has the significant role of administering our nations tax laws. To carry this out effectively, taxpayers must have the faith
And lastly, we will hold questions til the end of matthews presentation. And when you ask a question, wait for them to bring a mic to you, because if you just shoutth it out, they cant really hear you. Ill tell you just a bit about the photo review since this is the commercial before the main event. The photo review is a nonprofit journal of photography founded in 1976 which means this is our 40th anniversary. We publish a newsletter which lists photography exhibitions throughout the midatlanticst region, philadelphia, new york, washington, delaware, maryland, virginia and news about photography from around the world. And we also have a journal that has exhibition reviews, book reviews, essays and publishes the winners of our annual competition. Theres an interest in abandoned sites since he was a child. We wont go into the psychology about it. But he started documenting them in a while researching the decline of the State Hospital system. Media and his website a band in america has ga
I will tell you a bit since this is a commercial before the main events. Event. The review is a nonprofit journal of photography founded in 1976, which means this is her 40th anniversary. The published newsletter that lists the photography exhibitions through the Atlantic Region in new york, washington, delaware, virginia, and news about photography and the journal that has exhibition reviews and book reviews and essays and publishes the end of the competition. Theres an interest in abandoned sites since he was a child. We wont go into the psychology about it. But he started documenting them in a decade ago while researching the decline of the State Hospital system. After matthew received his degree from the university, the work shown across the country lectured on the Mental Health history for numerous institutions and profiled in the various publications in various media and his website a band in america has gained International Attention in the images of abandoned spaces on the inte
Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. I. R. S. Commissioner John Koskinen testified about Agency Operations and their impact on taxpayers. Including tax refund fraud, phone and Online Services and talks assistance centers. Senate Financial Committee chair orrin hatch begins with remarks on a scheduled vote on the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be u. S. Trade epresentative. Senator hatch the committee will come toured to order. We are in a scheduled executive session in order to consider and hopefully report the nomination of Bob Lighthizer to be the u. S. Trade representative. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, it is apparent we will not be able to obtain a sufficient quorum to vote on this nomination today. This is a nominee who enjoys bipartisan support here in the committee. My hope is we will be able to move on this matter shortly after the Senate Returns on recess. So for the time being the executive session will be in recess subject to the call of the chair. Co