WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled a bill that would cut the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) budget by $236 million. Republicans have already cut the IRS’s budget by close to $1 billion from 2010-2015.
“The House Republicans’ newly proposed IRS budget cut shows that they still don’t grasp the consequences of their actions. Cuts made by Republicans to the IRS’s budget since 2010 have resulted in terrible customer service, outdated technology, and the lowest level of audits in a decade. When Congress last year increased the IRS’s budget for customer service, not surprisingly, customer service improved. We should restore the IRS’s funding, not continue to cut it. The bill would also stop the IRS from implementing the Affordable Care Act - a move that would take health insurance away from more than 20 million Americans. Republicans must put an end to these attacks on the IRS for political gain, and realize that their proposals have real consequences for hardworking Americans."
