Washington, DC - On Thursday, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr. M.D. (R-LA) demanded that the Department of Treasury (Treasury) release an Urban Institute study on the Treasury’s debit card pilot program.  The program was intended to encourage taxpayers to receive their tax refunds on pre-paid debit cards but was… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., MD (R-LA) requested information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) awarding $123 million in grants.  Recent reports on grant making activities at CMMI reveal that taxpayer dollars may be going to… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) requested information on how much has been spent by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for public relations, advertisements, polling and message testing since January 1, 2008.  The letter follows various news reports detailing millions in taxpayer dollars going to public… Read more

Congressman Charles W. Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing examining operations and oversight of tax-exempt organizations. This will be the first in a series of hearings by the Subcommittee on the tax-exempt sector and IRS oversight of tax-exempt activities. … Read more

This hearing will be the first in a series of hearings exploring tax-exempt issues and related IRS compliance efforts. Tax-exempt organizations, especially charitable organizations, serve an important role in our society.  From the local little league to non-profit hospitals to major universities, tax-exempt organizations are intertwined with our communities and economy.… Read more

Washington, DC – The Treasury Department’s failure to provide sufficient answers about an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulation requiring banks to disclose interest paid to nonresident aliens has prompted Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., MD (R-LA) to request additional information from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.   “This regulation… Read more

House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., MD (R-LA) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittees on Oversight and Social Security will hold a hearing on tax fraud involving identity theft. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00… Read more

Welcome to this morning’s joint Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Social Security hearing on identity theft and tax fraud.  I am pleased to join Chairman Johnson again as our Subcommittees focus on fraud, waste, and abuse, and how the federal government might better protect taxpayer dollars.  The subject of today’s hearing is not a new one, but evidence suggests it… Read more

Chairman Boustany, I want to thank you for holding this hearing regarding identity theft and its role in the growing crime of tax fraud.   Earlier this year, the Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on Social Security’s death records, including the so-called Death Master File, a publically available listing of the personal information of those who have died, including… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to 15 departments and two agencies across the federal government seeking information about the potential abuse of the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction, commonly referred to as the “179D Deduction.”  Documentation recently obtained by the Ways and… Read more