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Hey edward. Reporter yeah, neil maybe the market is priced in the usmca will eventually get done but i have multiple sources stakeholders to usmca as well as congressional sources all being told that a deal with mexico over the changes to usmca has been finished. These sources are also told that canada would sign off on this deal and now a congressional source telling me that the language will be finalized in the next 24 hours and this deal is reratified by mexico also, the ratification process will be finished in canada and a vote is set here in the United States for ratification and the mexican trade negotiators back here in washington today this all center s around enforcement of labor provisions. And the House Speaker wanted the u. S. Inspectors to go in and make sure that mexico complies with workers, making 16 an hour , as well as other regulations. What mexico settled on is a neutral third party as well as the mexican and u. S. Representatives looking at compliance. Now with the
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There are a lot of new people coming on and a lot of people that were there, thinking about past, have stuck around, because they know it is a new day. We have some amazing speakers to discuss the current state of the irs, priorities, the hiring and staffing plans, and what is on their desk. What we can expect in the year or two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business, selfemployed division at the irs, based in washington, d. C. To my left is don fort, chief criminal Investigation Division isthe irs and to my left nina olson, National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios are online. Im going to leave you to review them, but they are amazing individuals. They have done tremendous work on behalf of the taxpayers in this country and it will be a great evening. So let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs in their divisions. Then we will go into some q a and certainly open it up to the
Have stuck around because they know its a new day. We have some amazing current priorities and staffing, some hiring plans and what is on their desk. And what we can expect in the year in two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business and selfemployed division of paris based in washington d. C. To my left come immediate left is don fort chief criminal Investigation Division ira sent to my far left is nina olson tax tier National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios or on line and if you want to review them they are amazing. They have done tremendous work on behalf of the taxpayers of this country and its going to be really great evening. Let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs and their divisions and then we are going to go into some q a and certainly opened up to the audience for any questions that you might have. Marybeth, can you kick us off . I want to thank the ada for inviting