. >> confirmation hearing daniel present biden's nominee to the irs commissioner testified he workeds public trust issues, audit disparities in tax return backlogs of the agency will democrats are in support of the nomination letter thom tillis of north

. >> confirmation hearing daniel present biden's nominee to the irs commissioner testified he worked to address public trust issues, audit disparities in tax return backlogs of the agency will democrats are in support of the nomination letter thom tillis of north carolina was only republican on the senate finance committee to speak in favor of his confirmation background. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] with permission for the ranking minority member crapo we are going to get started. i also come before i my own remarks. i want to welcome formerly our new members senator johnson comes under tillis comes under blackburn. we said hello. came to the organizational hearing. this is your first hearing i think a very appropriate one. the committee meets today for irs commissioner. want to welcome him back to the finance committee, we know him well. i expect a significant part of the hearing will focus on irs funding those included in the inflation reduction act. that is where i will begin. calling somebody focus on three p