Staff, the Senate Finance committee and the house ways and Means Committee, and the staff of the joint Tax Committee are by far the leading experts on taxation in washington and the chief of staff of that staff on the joint Tax Committee is simply regarded in awe by all members of the staff of the tax writing committees. And so i am filled with awe tonight and very excited to have george yin with us tonight. He was actually hired by republicans to run the staff of the joint committee on taxation. There is usually depending on which party is in power, democratic chairman of that committee or a republican chairman of that committee, it was always a republican in george yins time, but the staff of that committee is always considered nonpartisan. It isnt even bipartisan. Theyre nonpartisan, they are completely trusted by both sides. And george yin has actually written the definitive article on the tax writing committees Legal Authority to obtain the president s tax returns, and so you are
The staff of the joint committee actually advises the two tax writing committees and their staff, the Senate Finance committee and the house ways and Means Committee, and the staff of the joint Tax Committee are by far the leading experts on taxation in washington and the chief of staff of that staff on the joint Tax Committee is simply regarded in awe by all members of the staff of the tax writing committees. And so i am filled with awe tonight and very excited to have george yin with us tonight. He was actually hired by republicans to run the staff of the joint committee on taxation. There is usually depending on which party is in power, democratic chairman of that committee or a republican chairman of that committee, it was always a republican in george yins time, but the staff of that committee is always considered nonpartisan. It isnt even bipartisan. Theyre nonpartisan, they are completely trusted by both sides. And george yin has actually written the definitive article on the ta
What was said . That letter to the Treasury Department essentially signals that the administration feels that the request from the house ways and Means Committee is illegitimate. Ill read awe portion of the letter now. An attorney for the president writes quote if the irs acquieses to chairman Richard Neals request it would set a dangerous precedent as secretary mnuchin recently told congress hes not aware there has ever been a request for an elected officials tax returns for good reason. It would be a gross abuse of power for the Majority Party to use tax returns as a weapon to attack. Harass and intimidate the political opponents. Once this pandoras box is open, the ensuing titfortat would do lasting damage to our nation. It gives you an idea that the defensive posture the president s torjs aattorneys ar to take on this. The president s attorneys have been preparing for this for some time. Theyre willing to go all the way on this to the supreme court. We should point out two points f
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