i.r.s. and hurt taxpayers. at a time when there is so much tension and rush to judgment, our coalition remains thoughtful and fair. after the house passed this legislation earlier this year, new information came out and am proud that we came together and requested an investigation and the i.r.s. responded quickly and took action. mr. speaker, despite every single challenge, we remain committed to bipartisanship and to the american taxpayers. i want to share a few examples of good this bill does. the taxpayer first act authorizes $30 million in national grants to voluntary income assistance program, which helps low and moderate-income taxpayers to complete and file their taxes. this bill also protects federal income taxpayers from the private debt collection program. in addition, some of the most popular parts of the bill include a new initiative -- include new initiatives to protect and serve taxpayers who are victims of identity theft. mr. speaker, the taxpayer first act serves as an exampl

we had a case like that where someone did call the i.r.s. and the i.r.s. employee showed his support for a presidential candidate. mr. sarbanes: there's also the danger that allowing federal employees to advocate for political campaigns while on duty would undermine the public's confidence that the government is actually doing its job. do you agree? mr. kerner: yes. mr. sarbanes: since we're talking about an advisor to the president, i think it would be helpful to put this specifically in the context of the white house. most people realize that the president is associated with a particular political party. correct? mr. kerner: yes. mr. sarbanes: i think most people also understand that the president's most senior advisors are also from the president's political party, typically. most people want to believe, however, that once the president is in office, he or she will endeavor to act in the best interests of the country and not just a specific political party. in other words, once you enter the office, you're supposed to, in a sense, elevate yourself when

investing in the i.r.s. will supply more effective and efficient enforcement ack tests -- activities to help close the tax gap, reduce wait times and increasing support to those trying to navigate the complex tax code. my friend across the aisle speaks a lot about deficit reduction and as a fiscal moderate, i understand and agree, but underfunding tax enforcement for all these years has been penny wise and pound foolish. the i.r.s. generates $4 in revenue for every $1 in enforcement expenses. that's fiscally sound policy we should all support. on the national security front, the bill also provides increases totaling $15.6 million for the treasury department offices and programs focused on combating money laundering, enforcing sanctions and countering the financing of terrorism. the bill includes funding for numerous important independent agencies critical to the operation of the entire federal government as well as the communities throughout the country. let me highlight just a few of the many investments pr

this is a copy of the check should got from the i.r.s. for back payment for those inheritance taxes she had paid and with interest. is a favorite artifact for people to see especially around tax time here. here are posters that were used by protesters who were heralding the supreme court decision that edith windsor took part in. on the wall, you see iconic figures who 50 years ago would never have been open about their sexual orientation, they are sexuality. we call the wall -- once rejected, now embraced," because now you see all these people who are politicians, activists, actors, journalists, people who are admired from would be are and what they do. here at the museum, our mission is to promote understanding of the importance of the free press and the first amendment. we hope more people come to visit the exhibit because the events at stonewall and rise up, the stonewall and lgbtq rights movement tells the story of how everyday americans, first amendment right of the press, speech, religion, to rise up, push back and advocate for chan

and she decided to challenge the i.r.s.ing that she was being denied the same rights that heterosexual couples had. more than a thousand of them. years later, the supreme court decided in her favor. this is a copy of the check should got from the i.r.s. for -- check she got from the irs for back payment of those inheritance taxes she had paid, and with interest. is a favorite artifact for people to see especially around tax time here. here are posters that were used by protesters who were heralding the supreme court decision that edith windsor took part in. on the wall, you see iconic figures who 50 years ago would never have been open about their --ual orientation, there sexuality. we call the wall -- once rejected, now embraced," because now you see all these peopleho

bill which i'm told is the most significant i.r.s. reform bill in a couple of decades. we've done 11 judges during this work period, circuits, court of claims. and district courts. so, we continue to function on the executive calendar because we've been so delayed over the last few years. that pace has been doubled since we had the opportunity to move a little more quickly, after the modest rules adjustment we made a couple of months ago. on the border supplemental, maybe you know i'm not quite sure how this drama ends today, as we speak, but if we were to get an amended version of the border supplemental from the house, we would table whatever was added to it and send it back . i still hope that won't be necessary and it will be -- that we'll be able to finish that today. so with that, let me throw it open and see what you'd like to talk about. reporter: are you aware of the white house offering some administrative changes to the supplemental that wouldn't require a vote, but would deal with the humanitarian issue, how do you feel about that? mr. mcconnell: that was my

that it's nonot even really tha i.r.s. didn't target tea party groups because they were conservative. they targeted them because they were effective. and that's s the same thing we see in play here. ms conway's being targeted not just because she's a conservative, not just because she's in the trump administration. but she's being targeted because she's good at what she does. that's why this should not stand. and the idea that democrats are going to now subpoena here i just ridiculous. -- her is just ridiculous. they're going to do because she does her job so well. that's why we're here. i hope in the next few hours that we can get the truth out about the hatch act and really expose the motives that drive this whole darn thing in the fifirst place. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. mr. cummings: mr. kerner, i now would lilike to welcome our witness, the honorable henry j. kerner, special counsel, office of special counsel. if you would please rise and raise your right hand, i will begin by swearing you in. do you swea

it goes back to the persecution of the tea party by the i.r.s. i still know tea party activists who won't go near politics because they are scared to death of bringing the i.r.s. upon them. so this regrettable. i will say this. it was behind closed doors. politicians sometimes talk loosely behind closed doors. sometimes they talk loosely out in public. but i do think that she is legitimately concerned over this obsession that thed are call left within the democratic caucus has with the impeachment. they are in danger of running a foul of something that the air force pilots talk about. it's called target fixization. when a pilot is so fixated on a target he flies his plane in a mountain. the democrats campaigned as the problem solvers in the 2016 election. they have been nothing but trouble-makers in if days since then. the american people are getting tired of it. >> dan: i know i kind of hinted at this before, austan, but it concerns me. i'm not being hyper bawlic. bolic when i say this. where are the democrats in your party speaking out about th

well look let's talk about the sanctions where they are you know the sanctions on i.r.s. you see the offices office of the rain in supremely there and affiliated kompany them bodies they have already all already been on the sanctions especially the i.r.g.c. the they've been on there several rounds of sanctions the most comprehensive won't was cats and which was pursued by labeling the i.r.g.c. as a terrorist organization that entailed the harshest ever unitive action against the i.r.g.c. an affiliated kompany firms offshore accounts and companies abroad so basically the u.s. has never been short of sanctions to go harsh against iran what they need to have is identifying these offshore accounts and companies and imposing sanctions would not help them in this regard they have done already what they were they could so this would not bring in any new result the only thing that seems to be interesting and happens probably for the 1st time is imposing sanctions on mr zarif while this has a lot of meaning 1st of all they have placed him on the same set of sanctions that have bee

and approving for purposes of the i.r.s. code of 1986 as amended the issuance and the sale of residential mortgage revenue bonds by the city in an aggregate amount not to exceed $103 million, and the related documents as defined within the resolution text. >> supervisor mar: thank you, i'd like to recognize zone mcnamara. you have up to five minutes for your presentation. thanks. >> thank you. good morning supervisors and chair mar. i'm with the housing and community development. it's related to the city's bond issuance for 1064-1068 mission street. the purpose of the resolution is to approve the hearing the city conducted to comply with the federal tax equity and financial responsibility act or tefra. and to enable the project to apply for tax exempt bond financing to the california debt allocation committee. and the proposed issuance will be conduit financing and it will not require the city to pledge any of its funds to the repayment of the bond. the project is the new construction of 258 supportive housing units develope

he had supposedly been a high ranking member of the i.r.s. . we fact there's nothing left for you or him to do but return home with one son missing and the other in captivity all that remains for him is uncertainty. and in germany the fear of returning militants lingers well it's estimated that to date 1000 men and women from germany have joined the so-called islamic state. to turkey now where democracy under president recha tired heir to one is increasingly under threat they due to sherry media and parliament have been weekend political opponents imprisoned and after the opposition won the mayor elections in his stronghold of istanbul heir to want fought for and was granted a reelection now people like sarah and as who are hoping that the rerun will bring an even bigger victory for the opposition. no matter where x. treme mamas campaign bus stops these days hundreds of people are already waiting eager to hear what he has to say. 6 ever since the model narrowly won istanbul's mayoral election at the end of march against the candidate of the rul

the case during bashir and then in the period since he's been deposed and it's quite likely that the i.r.s. after the rapid support forces were the ones who were leading these attacks on the unarmed protesters without necessarily the consultation or support of some of the other armed groups ethiopia may be getting involved in this from a diplomatic stance what do they bring to the table well it remains to be seen you know the a you just issued its statement condemning the actions of the military junta and and calling for a. return to civilian government in khartoum and so in that capacity. president. is a representative from the african union to try and broker some sort of mediated way forward but remains to be seen just what reception he's going to get from from the military government and whether protesters are willing to engage at this point given the use of violence as far as the protesters are concerned if the regime jettison this individual he would be enough because some people are saying look this guy has got promoted way beyond twitter he should have been promoted to and could onl

violate existing agreements as well as un rules you name it team sites must not be handed over to the i.r.s. or doing so would not only be in violation of existing agreements on the 100 of these sites as well as un principles financial rules and regulations but it would also be grossly negligent we would risk enabling violence against civilians. the world health organization has decided against a clearing an international public health emergency over the break in the democratic republic of congo nearly 1400 people have died since august in the 2nd worst of the disease in history there are concerns the virus may have spread to uganda where 2 people died after visiting the d.r. see. so in. when district. 5 year old grandson the disease. on ugandan soil they had crossed from neighboring democratic republic of congo we. killed by the disease my sister was with her as my kids was. my gifts they are my kids. she c.b.s. assists. was. content with nearly 100 people. could come from. they. did request. them. and they were. in the. drug that. they have been around 2000 cases. with $1400.00 the world

well look let's talk about the sanctions where they are you know the sanctions on i.r.s. you see the offices office of the rain in supremely there and affiliated kompany zim bodies they have already all already been on the sanctions especially the i.r.g.c. that they've been on their several rounds of sanctions the most comprehensive won't was cats and which was pursued by labeling the i.r.g.c. as a terrorist organization that entailed the harshest ever unitive action against the i.r.g.c. an affiliated kompany firms offshore accounts and companies abroad so basically the u.s. has never been short of sanctions to go harsh against iran what they need to have is identifying these offshore accounts and companies and imposing sanctions would not help them in this regard they have done already whatever they could so this would not bring in any new result the only thing that seems to be interesting and happens probably for the 1st time is imposing sanctions on mr zarif while this has a lot of meaning 1st of all they have placed him on the same set of sanctions that have been put

rules you name it team sites must not be handed over to the i.r.s. or doing so would not only be in violation of existing agreements on $100.00 of these sites as well as un principles financial rules and regulations but it would also be grossly negligent we would risk enabling violence against civilians. international court of justice has rejected a request by the united arab emirates to grant an injunction over discrimination case brought by qatar instead of qatar has made a number of claims to the court in the netherlands after the u.a.e. and several other gulf countries imposed a land sea and air blockade the hearing is part of a wider legal battle being heard by judges in the hague is more from the banker. with the results here the international court of justice the un's highest court the court has rejected an application for an emergency injunction known as provisional measures by the u.a.e. on the grounds that qatar was in some way prejudicing a much wider case between the 2 countries now this application for this injunction is being rejected t

he was playing that song while doing my taxes, i would be like, uh, i'll take my chances with the i.r.sa politician only five minutes for a speech is not enough. it's like telling a vegan they can only post ten times a day online about how they're vegan. and because the organizers knew all politicians would go over their time, they took a page from the oscars and used music to mangkhut them off. >> as a new yorker anyone who doesn't have insurance has health care. ♪ >> or planet and country, no obstacle we can't overcome. ♪ ♪ >> and where we finally put an the public theater's free "shakespeare in the park" production of "much ado about nothing" runs through june 23rd and "orange is the new black" returns for its final season on netflix july 26th to sexism, racism, homophobia and religious bigotry, thank you all very much. ♪ >> trevor: bernie sanders is a legend. he's louder than any music you can play over him. ( laughter ) when it comes to bernie, he plays the music off. sno♪ la, la, carry on. i bet when he calls the music on his neighbors for playing music too loudly, they call the p

. >> the reason of this call is to inform you that the i.r.s.g a lawsuit against you. >> reporter: if you are tired of calls like this, you're not alone. >> i receive robocalls at home, in my office, on my land line, on my mobile. >> as a result, many americans, myself included, rarely answer their cell phones unless the number is already in their contact list. >> reporter: frustrated members of the federal communications commission decided to do something about it. >> approved. >> the chair looks to approve. >> reporter: the panel pushed through a measure that gives wireless phone companies the right to block robocalls automatically without needing the customer's permission. cell phone owners will no longer have to opt in or download an app. >> it gives us an extra tool in our arsenal to go aftee robocallers and scammers. >> reporter: verizon's ronan dunne says his company has already started using free call blocking features including a measure before congress called stir/shaken it would require all calls to carry an authentic digital signatur

unum and team sites must not be handed over to the i.r.s. or doing so would not only be in violation of existing agreements on the 100 of these sites as well as u.n. principles financial rules and regulations but it would also be grossly negligent we would risk enabling violence against civilians mike hanna has more now from the un in new york. well the security council's discussing the u.n. mission to doff ur but looming over these discussions is the situation in sudan itself part of the issue within darfur is the actions of what are called at the rapid support forces now these are forces controlled by the military in khartoum the transitional military council and are exactly the same forces that are accused of repressing any form of opposition within sudan itself now the transitional military council to instruct the un to hand over all its bases to the rapid support forces now we've heard in the council this morning the position that this cannot be complied with that the controlled by the u.n. mission within darfur is absolutely essential

the government said is that over the period of several years, they defrauded the i.r.s.ut of $511 million in biofuel tax credits and they then laundered $134 million of that to turkey and lived a very lavish lifestyle. there is a lot of witness intimidation alleged in this case and some quite colorful characters as witnesses along the way. carol: tell us about "the order," because i don't know that everybody is below your with it. david: it is a polygamist sect . and people have several wives and many children and it is a hierarchical society, which has a prophet who determines where people work, who they will marry, essentially how they live their lives. and they own more than 100 businesses in the west and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and that money is supposed to be shared only with "the order." but in this case, the government claims these brothers, jacob and isaiah kingston, kept a lot of that money for themselves and lived a very lavish lifestyle, as did lev dermen. this is the allegation. dermen drove a $1.7 million bugatti. the kingston br

there are other people-- accounting firms, the i.r.s.-- have them, and those people could be jailed in. >> stephen: now, mcconnell today said-- ( cheers and applause ) that would be nice. consequences. >> applause? applause for the constitution, stephen. >> stephen: well, i think people arsty for an ( cheers and applause ) you see abuse of power, you see abuse of power and flaunting the constitutional norms in broad daylight and nothing seems to happen. >> and some people are just thirsty. that's why they post so many pictures online. >> stephen: that's true. now mcconnell said today, case closed on mueller. trump tweeted on sunday mueller should not testify. does trump have the legal ability to stop mueller from testifying, even when he's not-- no longer a d.o.j. employee? >> no, not even a little bit. >> stephen: okay, so mueller will testify at some point. ( applause ) in your opinion. your guess. >> the congress can subpoena him, and there would be almost no valid way to stop him from testifying. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: what do the people over at the people's republic o

a federal investigation, three federal investigations, the f.b.i., the nd securityof home and the i.r.s are looking at obstruction of juste, tax evasion, sex trafficking and transporting underage girls across state lines formoral purposes. >> reporter: do you think people are takinthese alleged crimes more seriously this time around? and if so, why? >> i think that people still don't realize the scope of thes e crimes, that they start in 1991 and they are continuing even as you and i speak. at's why i thought this book was necessary. but when i sat with dominic gardner and tell her story the first time in the book, and i asked her, you're a smart, beautiful young woman, a talented poet, why did you spena nine with him? i loved him and he loved me and, yes, he beat mwith an i tension cord and choked and starved me butved him. i said, but, dominick,hy? and she pulled up his mug shot on her cell phone and said, it was them eyes, jim, it was them eyes. there's the power of the music, the cebrity, the fame, there are young girls who believe they will be the next aaliyah, and there's this oth

chairman, the amendment i have offered increases minimum funding for the i.r.s.'s tax counseling for the elderly program. filing taxes remains a far too complicated task in america. i'm sure we can all agree on that. this vital program provides free tax assistance to peopleage 60 and older. it is particularly helpful to filers who have questions about their pensions and retirement. in my home state, new jersey citizen action is one of the grantees for this program. they do tremendously positive work which will only be enhanced with additional funding. there are several reasons to strength then program. first, older americans are often subjected to financial exploitation schemes. according to aarp, every year, abuse and exploitation rob older americans of $ billion and this is only the amount that is reported. having another set of eyes on elderly filers' finances would help to identify the victim of these schemes and help us combat them. next the ongoing controversy surrounding turbo tax which manipulated taxpayers into paying to file their returns despite being e

well that's the $1000000.00 question with the i.r.s. that on the direction of the the you know working and working as a group. or did they are is they are it's trying to trying to change the situation by going it alone a bit of the talking and killing maybe it seems over 100 protesters making all sorts of other outrageous. cartoons. and according to reports which are very difficult to verify. a moment committing other outrages and for. the big question for the future don the case that the transitional military council is act in a unified way. means that they may be trying to rearrange the terms of any future negotiation with the opposition make sure that the opposition realizes that they would they are still ready to resort to violence but they still want and they go to them if however the transitional midrashic out. but there are elements which want a thorough should a response to the protesters and others are more inclined to negotiation about the very dangerous situation that saddam to the different power in the region different view

is what the british deputy ambassador had to say united team sites must not be handed over to the i.r.s. or doing so would not only be in violation of existing agreements on the 100 of these sites as well as u.n. principles financial rules and regulations but it would also be grossly negligent we would risk enabling violence against civilians and it's interesting mike we're talking about darfur so specifically again because it is such a huge part of of sudan and the humanitarian crisis there but as you pointed out the current events in sudan the political turmoil take us through a little bit more about how that impacts what the security council and what the u.n. does from here on in. well it does impact very much indeed because obviously with the vacuum of power to an extent in the capital khartoum that impacts directly on the un's mission in darfur itself the rep that support forces that i referred to for example these are precisely the same forces that have been pushing down dissent within khartoum itself they are essentially ensemble to the intelligence services although under the op

so, taxes, i.r.s. -- $33,000? larissa: yes. lemonis: kas mortgage -- $345,000 on the building?gary: correct. -lemonis: i'm a little confused how a business that got a fresh start after receiving insurance money can be in such debt. they owe their vendors $187,000, taxes -- $67,000, credit cards -- $30,000, utilities and services -- $44,000, and all mortgages at $595,000, totaling $923,000 in debt from a company that got a fresh start just a few years ago. how do you guys pay the bills at home? how are you surviving? gary: i will take money out of the deposits. i will take money, cash out, and give it to her to go to the store. lemonis: and sue was telling me downstairs that one of the things she struggled with is you were pulling from this fund and pulling from that fund. gary: yeah. sometimes that would happen. and a lot of these expenses are just household expenses. lemonis: gary, so you told me that your mortgage is really past due, as well. gary: at home, yeah. lemonis: is your mortgage paid here? gary: yes. we're in good shape. lemonis: what kind of car do you drive? sue:

nd how members use the money raised through leadership packs and we'll talk about the future of the i.r.s. begin taking a look back at this year's college season as we look at members of congress and a of federal officials. we're asking if college speeches have become too political. 202-3478-8000 is the number, 202-242-80012. ou can catch up with us on facebook. morning.od saturday we'll get to your questions and comments in just a minute on commencements, but first we wanted to update you on the virginiass shooting in beach. "virginia u to the pilot" just next door to beach.a 13 dead, including gunmen. there.cture that you see photo taken by a by stanneder of the scene. employee g-time city shot an killed -- and killed 12 making it the deadliest after he ing of 2019 ired at them in the city's scenic center of 30 brick colonial-style buildings. ne officer was shot but saved by his bulletproof vest. the "wall street journal" had reporting about the shooter alling him a long-time city employee who had entered the revenge.to exact they cited law enforcement as dwayne aming him craddock. inma

or scandals like we've seen at the i.r.s., the v.a., and the f.b.i. can run rampant. the promise of america is where people, not the government, is trusted with the potential to achieve our dreams, and we have a voice, we have the power in our community. the promise that socialism can provide these things is a false one. it never happens. so i'll say it again, we are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. for those words to be true, the people's house must recognize where the people have the most power and the freedom to make the best decisions for ourselves and our families. it isn't in the federal government. and like in my county, it's in the community. it's our community. it's our neighborhoods, our homes, and our schools, p.t.a. meetings, churches, local government and, yes, at hope house and daycare centers, too. it's neighbor helping neighbor. we all need each other at different times in our lives. community, mr. speaker, it's community that we must stand for for the american dream to flourish. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro

there is a report or several reports out by the inspector general that oversees the i.r.s. asking them to do something about this, that this tax fraud is rampant and it amounts to billions of dollars a year. and i think this is just one area that should be given some attention. but i think that tax fraud in general is over the top in this country and needs to be looked at as well and would help reduce our national debt. host: on a related story, thank you, to what diane was speaking about. a breitbart report from this morning, the feds actively working on a trackdown on welfare dependent immigration. they write that federal immigration officials at the united states citizenship and immigration services are actively working to enforce president donald trump's recent crackdown on welfare-dependent legal immigration to the u.s. in a memo last week, acting uscis director said that staff would, quote, develop and implement guidance on trump's presidential memorandum signed last month that mandates american taxpayers must be reimbursed when a legal immigrant uses public welfare.

he was small grocer who had tens of thousands of dollars seized by the i.r.s. without any criminal charges filed against him. he was a law-abiding citizen, in fact, and he had to fight in court to get his hard-earned savings back. the department of justice assets forfeiture fund contains proceeds from equitable sharing agreements between the federal government and local law enforcement. these arrangements create perverse incentives to seek out forfeiture opportunities and it's used to circumvent state and active civil forfeiture reforms again, like those that have been reformed in michigan. what's worse is civil asset forfeiture disproportionately effects minorities and individuals who cannot afford to represent themselves. i would like to thank my colleagues, representatives raskin, mcclintock, rush, amash, cardenas and gabbard, for their support on this amendment. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. does anyone claim time in opposition? for what purpose does the gentleman fro

this is a copy of the check should got from the i.r.s. for -- check she got from the irs for back payment of those inheritance taxes she had paid, and with interest. is a favorite artifact for people to see especially around tax time here. here are posters that were used by protesters who were heralding the supreme court decision that edith windsor took part in. on the wall, you see iconic figures who 50 years ago would never have been open about their --ual orientation, there sexuality. we call the wall -- once rejected, now embraced," because now you see all these people who are politicians, activists, actors, journalists, people who are admired from would be are and what they do. here at the museum, our mission is to promote understanding of the importance of the free press and the first amendment. we hope more people come to visit the exhibit because the events at stonewall and rise up, the stonewall and lgbtq rights movement tells the story of how everyday americans, first amendment right of the press, speech, religion, to rise up, f