WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must take bold and innovative action to combat more than $5 billion in fraudulent identity theft tax refunds, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report, requested by leaders on the Senate Finance and Aging Committees as well as the House Ways and Means Committee, said the IRS should take additional… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-LA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed three bills authored by Congressman Boustany to limit the authority of the IRS in the wake of ongoing investigations into the agency’s targeting of conservative organizations.  The three House-passed bills… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) sent a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen highlighting his concerns with the time and money the IRS spends annually on National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) activity.  The IRS has estimated that in Fiscal Year 2013, taxpayers funded over $20 million and over 500,000 work… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent additional evidence to the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the April 9, 2014 criminal referral letter which laid out evidence of possible criminal wrongdoing by former IRS employee Lois Lerner uncovered through the Committee’s investigation. In releasing the letter, Camp stated, “Despite the serious… Read more

Good morning and welcome to this morning’s hearing on the integrity of insurance premium subsidies under the President’s health care law. Last month, this Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health held a hearing that showed the Administration’s failure to implement effective eligibility verification systems would result in billions of dollars in improper payments going out the door,… Read more

Washington, DC – Despite early refusals to make available IT professionals who worked on Lois Lerner’s computer, Ways and Means Committee investigators have now learned from interviews that the hard drive of former IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner was “scratched,” but data was recoverable.   In fact, in-house professionals at the IRS recommended the Agency seek… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) requested Democracy 21 provide all communications, including emails, between the advocacy group and former IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner.  Camp and Boustany requested the materials to help recover over two years of Lerner emails that… Read more

Congressman Charles Boustany, Jr. MD (R-LA), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the integrity of the administration of the Affordable Care Act’s Premium Tax Credit. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building, beginning at… Read more

House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the U.S. trade agenda and the World Trade Organization with Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Michael Punke.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 A.M. In view of the… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) announced a series of requests to the Administration on the destroyed IRS emails: That the White House and Treasury give the Committee details of: How they learned of Lerner’s hard drive crash and the resulting… Read more