who would be better than the i.r.s.oney laundering and work with dhs agents somme >> the president's strategy includes an aggressive push for countries to take back their people. the illegals here. two venezuelan planes returned home yesterday carrying nearly 200 illegals deported from the united states. venezuela for just a hot second refused to take back any deportese and immediately backed down. a theme you are seeing on different issues. president trump praising his team. >> president trump: when you see the great job that tom homan and kristi noem and everybody else is doing taking thousands of people a day out of here. hardened criminals. murdersers in many cases. biden allowed this to happen to our country. we shouldn't have to be doing this. >> harris: in "focus" now ari fleischer. let's start with all hands on deck and all resources available. i have had voters' voices in studio with me love the idea of government working together almost like an added layer of accountability for each other. >> this is clever as

we need to get the i.r.s.iting americans and audit itself for a change and figure things out. as far as things on the border people like to talk about our communities. i represent el paso and eagle pass. we're impacted by it more than ever and things are changing in a very positive way. but once again long-term congress has to do its job. we just can't be taking credit for all the things president trump is doing. we have to pass a conservative budget that gives dhs the tools it needs and gives the military the resources it needs to continues to carry out these trump-enforced border policies. >> dana: it's refreshing to hear and the white house is glad to hear it i'm sure. a quick comment about tom homan saying you could get some i.r.s. agents to come at least help on the back end perhaps to try to deal with the border. >> it is all hands on deck. come down. we need the help and able to make a clear statement to the world that the deck has changed. under president trump we'll have a secure border and for the am

the treasury inspector general for taxed a strairks the i.r.s. and treasury, must explain to the american people what happened and what is being done to make sure that it's never done again with their private information. he said at a later date, it's up to us, members of the chief tax writing committee, that's us, in congress to protect the public trust and to secure private taxpayer administration. finally, on september 17 of 2024, on a floor debate he said, when americans file their tax returns, they expect their personal data and tax information are confidential. so they agree with us. at least chairman smith agrees with us. let's hope that he continues to exercise the same consistency and support us in our efforts to stop the abuse of this power. with our private information, with your private information. and to make sure that the people's privacy is protected. with that, i want to bring up my good friend and very talented member of congress, jimmy gomez from california. mr. gomez: thank you, tom. first, i'm a dad, first and foremost. i com

through the i.r.s. whistleblower program alone, billions of dollars have been recouped from tax cheats since the inception of that program in 2007. whistleblowers have played an instrumental role in helping the department of justice pursue false claims act cases resulting in billions of dollars in reclaimed settlement costs. it seems to me if an administration were serious wanting to root out waste, fraud and abuse they would support and resource whistleblowers and inspectors generals they wouldn't fire them en masse in an unlawful midnight purge. there are other reforms we can think about, too. reforms that are more technical. but just as important. key statutes such as the federal funding accountability and data act and critical platforms like usa spending.cover were innovations when they came about but they need overhaul and reform. currently the status quo we have a hard time tracking federal dollars from end-to-end. this is due in large part to a broken chain of data collection, reporting informati

how about the i.r.s. bureaucrat lois learner, and acorn. none of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle were calling for accountability or investigation when is dr. fauci was forcing his mandate on 300 million americans. none of them were expressing outrage when unelected bureaucrats were forcing 6-year-olds to wear masks or closing down schools or forcing head start students to continue to wear masks long after the rest of america stopped wearing them. and closing down churches and small businesses across the country. who can forget government employee who leaked the pending dobbs court decision, and no conservative has forgotten lois ler2346789er of the i.r.s. denying 501-c status to those volunteer citizens wanting to protest the obama administration. these government employees yield tremendous power -- wield tremendous power with no oversight often making decisions behind closed doors that affect millions of americans. elon musk was hired by the president of the united states or brought on to uncover waste, fraud, and abuse. that'

the i.r.s., the f.b.i., terrible.nd other agencies, in addition, the task force will work to fully prosecute anti-christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven and earth to defend the rights of christians and religious believes nationwide. never had that before but it's a very powerful document i'm signing. you've got it now. first time we've had it. if we don't have religious liberty then we don't have a free country. we probably don't even have a country. this week i'm also creating the white house faith office led by pastor paula white who is so amazing. that man's happy. look. stand up. let me see. why are you so happy? you love paula, right? [inaudible] president trump: lebanon, tough. you know what we're talking about better than anybody. you'll have a great new ambassador to lebanon. yes. thank you very much. thank you. it's tough. you'll have a great new ambassador. we just put him in. while i'm in the white house, we will protect christians in our schools and military and our government a

well, actually, understand, and i.r.s. is one of my things i over. see for decades, apparently, they've had data sharing models for researchers. and not to give you the names but you know, harvard, harvard, university of sydney. they're not even domestic. some are even out of the country. and yes, there's some rules. but the fact of the matter is, this sort of hyperventilation going on around here, have you wondered if it's because the ability to mine data is how you find bad acts? look what "the wall street journal" did other the last year in looking at medicare. it wasn't about people's benefits. it was about actually people being defrauded. in durable medical equipment. other groups out there did data sharing modeling research agreements with c.m.s. and they found bad acts. so a simple question is, why is the left actually terrified of data? aren't they the ones that preached to us in previous year what about science? why don't you believe in science? ok, guess what. now science is actually being used to protect the u.s. taxpayers and america's fu

auditing federal spending are the same people under president biden who wanted to hire 80,000 new i.r.s. agents with guns in terms of the courts. we have some federal judges who try to rewrite the constitution every other thursday to advance their social and economic agenda. we know that. that's why god made courts of appeal and why god made the supreme court. i won't stand up here and criticize the institution of the federal judiciary. i believe in the federal judiciary. i believe in article iii of the continues. i criticize my democratic colleagues when they said after supreme court handed down dobbs we needed to get rid of the supreme court and they screamed at gorsuch and justice kavanaugh. i don't like that stuff. we don't need to undermine the federal judiciary. we need to appeal from the bad decisions. that's what we will do and i think we'll win. >> bill: linda mcmahon is hearing on thursday for her confirmation, the department of education now. i imagine democrats will go on offense in that hearing. we'll see how much is heard there. what's the mood in the hallways up there? wh

i.r.s., f.b.i., terrible and other agencies.n to task force, we'll work to fully prosecute anti-christian violence and vandalism in our society and move heaven and earth to defend the rights of christians and r real -- religious people nationwide. this is the first time you've had it. if we don't have real religious liberty we don't have a country. that man is happy, stand up and let me see. why are you so happy? you love paula, right? oh, so you know what we're talking about better than anybody, yeah. you will have a great new ambassador to lebanon. yes, thank you very much. thank you. that's tough. you can have a great new ambassador. we just put him in. while i'm in the white house we'll protect christians across the country and bring our country back together as one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. throughout history those who sought control and domination over others have always tried to cut the people off from the connection to their creator. at the same time, every nation with big dreams and great ambiti

i have a bill that would cause the i.r.s. to share data with the small business administration and the f.b.i., the department of justice that would show that you were ineligible for ppp loans and you got them. so i think that would save probably $1 hundred billion. do you think that we should go back and take money away from people that fraudulently got covid money? >> during the pandemic, the ppp program was a virtual buffet for fraudsters because of that 1974 privacy act where data sharing and matching is virtually impossible. congress needs to change that. >> we can do it retroactively and find the people that stole this money rick hold them accountable probably get money back. i have that bill filed. that bill i think would probably get $1 hundred billion. now we have enhanced i dent fee verification and income verification is proven that it works. i work on that bill and drop it soon. that's $2 hundred billion. there is a competition in congress. i think we need a competition of this committee. i got $3 hundred billion i

i.r.s., hacked. office of personnel management, hacked. the cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, hacked. others hacked. this is putting american's data at risk. not only do i think there's a better way to do it, a less costly way to do it but also protect people's provecism i thank mr. nunn for working on both sides of the aisle to craft a way. let's take a new look and let's do that by approving this bill overwhelmingly, encouraging the senate to do the same so we proprotect small businesses in the interim over the next year from this horrendous cost and confusion by rising and strong support -- rising in strong support today on both sides of the aisle and passing h.r. 736. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 736. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection -- >> i re

instead of making government more efficient he's paralyzing agencies like the i.r.s. that under the biden administration recovered over $1 billion from billionaires who weren't paying their fair share. my constituents are afraid this administration will ruin their lives. on one day we answered calls all day from people concerned about elon musk running roughshod over the government. he also seems to -- these changes come at the expense of those americans who already make our country great. he also seems to think elon is going to do it for him. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. frost: i rise to honor the life of a great man who just so happened to be my high school principal, mr. mytron lisby. as a kid i was a bit of a troublemaker. one day i played a prank at school that landed me in mr. lisby's office. i should have been expelled that