turn to the important topic of today's hearing, a conversation with the commissioner of the internal revenue service. that's why we're here. good morning. i welcome my colleagues and our only witness. today, the commissioner of the internal revenue service will join us and i appreciate that personally and professionally. mr. rettig this committee has waited a long time for you to join us and for -- we're looking anxiously -- awaiting anxiously, nearly two years. it is astonishing, this is the first time you're appears before the chief tax writing committee in the house. we're trying to do our job. you're trying to do your job. and we have very little communication. with the brand-new administration on the horizon, this may be your first or your last appearance before us. i'm not suggesting either. the point of the matter is, we're glad you're here. i'm disappointed you refused to join us for an important hearing on taxpayer fairness a few weeks ago. the united states has had an excellent record of compliance with our tax laws. americans dutifully paid their taxes, assuming the system is fair for all

we already have the systems in place at the internal revenue service at the federal level to distribute these checks. we had one round of these back with the initial legislation. steven mnuchin has said that we should expect things to start getting under way seven to ten days after the bill was signed. the bill was signed last night. i hope by the second week in january, a lot of these payments go out, if, fingers crossed, everything works the way it should. >> this bill took something like eight months to negotiate. it finally gets approved. what has been the holdup all along? americans have been clamoring for more relief. >> americans have been. it's typical politics. first, the election was in the way. after the election, the president was so consumed with this notion of trying to ferret out election fraud, that that occupied a lot of his attention. more ream, there's been disagreement -- the president did negotiate this agreement. he negotiated the agreement via the treasury secretary stephen mnuchin and subsequently after the deal he said i don't like the deal very much, so that pu

entire world are known to be $112.00 but all is not lost of the nearly $27000000000.00 the internal revenue service eroni asli sent out almost $3000000.00 have been identified for recovery efforts a capture rate of nearly 63 percent but hey it's a start and all that is before the trump tax audit is complete you can download this entire report free and open the books. and that is the big picture will be back same time next week if you want to set your d.v.r. or direct t.v. channel 321 on the dish dish we're 280 you can find all of our shows are you tube dot com slash the big picture our t.v. and you will be too cool for school if you download the portable t.v. . in the app store or google play you're not going to be to leave how much stuff we have in there i'm holland cook stick and close to home here in rhode island hope you're being safe over the holidays to question more. well welcome to. this fundamental question. i guess today. we're tracing a. physicist. and bestselling author. professor paul davis. astrobiologists cosmology bestselling author really great to have you with us today. so i shoul

any small business owner, any restaurant owner would voluntarily send a single dime to the internal revenue service, they are paying for police who are not allowed to do their jobs and doing it for the benefit of politicians who explicitly hate them. they are getting nothing in return so why are they paying taxes? people are beginning to ask the question. mc fark are owned a bar and restaurant in minnesota, a small town, total population 448. at times she opens her restaurant for nondenominational church services. those are two mortal sins in modern minnesota, allowing people to weed and allowing people to worship. for doing those things the state of minnesota is finding her hundreds of dollars a day, suspected her liquor license. meanwhile indian casinos which are not paying the taxes she is allowed to operate like there is no pandemic at all. how has this happened and what is the scene in havens garden, this dangerous restaurant, why officials in minnesota so determined to destroy it? we took a look around. there is no violence inside, no one was throwing rocks or spray painting buildings or chan

the clerk: s. 5085, a bhil to amend the internal revenue service of 1986 for the recovery rebates and so forth. h.r. 9051, an act to amend the internal revenue service i.r.s. to increase recovery rebate amounts and so forth and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: i ask for a second reading and object to my own request en bloc. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bills will receive their next reading on the neck legislative day. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., wednesday, december 30, further, that the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, finally, following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to tense minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned

it houses the internal revenue service. for john weld pack. what he did on this earth, he didn't deserve a building like that. the new bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms building in washington built in 2008 is absolutely hideous. it's horrifying. who's in charge of making our public spaces disgusting? i well, we are not exec was sure, but president trump wants to fix it. yesterday he issued an executive order promoting -- and here's an idea -- beauty and architecture, and federal buildings. new buildings says the order should "uplift and beautify public spaces and inspire the human spirit." you wouldn't think anyone would have to issue an order commanding that, but we do and thank god he did. what does this mean? and why should you care? chris bedford is a senior editor of "the federalist," he joins ui tonight. thanks so much for coming on. we spend almost no time talking about beauty, aesthetics, the quality of our public spaces. we should. tell us what this order will do. >> we absolutely should. winston churchill said -- to paraphrase

it houses the internal revenue service.k, it doesn't matter what he did on this earth, he did not deserve a building like that. the new bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms building in two built in 2008, it's horrifying. who is in charge of making our public spaces discussed in? well, we are not exactly sure, but president trump wants to fix it. yesterday, he issued an executive order promoting, here's an idea, beauty in architecture. in federal buildings. new buildings, said the order, should "uplift and beautify public spaces post quote and "inspire the human spirit." you would not think anyone had to issue an order demanding that, but we do, and thank god he did. what does this mean? and why should you care? chris bedford is the senior editor at "the federalist" and joins us tonight. chris, thank you so much for coming on. we spend the most no time talking about beauty, aestheti aesthetics, the quality of our public spaces. we should. tell us what this order will do, do you think? >> we absolutely should. -winston ch

by the internal revenue service in conjunction with career prosecutors at the department of justice. perhaps u.s. attorney's offerses. it's textbook conflict of interest. in addition to that, there's this cloud. i think that he may very well be clear. if he's clear, so be it. let the investigation do that. if he's not clear, i think it's all very important that we have independent prosecutors and not prosecutors that are ultimately working for his father in this case. >> joe biden says he will appoint an a.g. that will enforce the law as written. he says he won't be discussing an investigation of his son with candidates. do you believe that? >> i don't believe that. for one, i don't think that happened when he was the vice president. i don't think barack obama appointed attorney generals that enforced the law and i don't think this president will do that. they're going to appoint attorney generals that will enforce the law the way they see it. in the case of a criminal investigation like this, that could implicate the president. they will not aggressively pursue this investigation. >

if you're registered with the internal revenue service. that's a caveat.f course many of those getting the checks are homeless. they don't have a permanent address. some have to pay taxes because they don't meet the threshold, and have a snail mail set out for them. i'll talk about the global markets here. we have some relief with the markets pressing records before the christmas holiday. they're up about a half percent or just blelow that. the wild card of course is what the house democrats do if they do pass the legislation, to boost the stimulus checks from 600 to $2,000. that will put pressure on the senate republicans. he's trying to support republicans because they didn't support an investigation into voter fraud. nasty politics from the president even though he's outside of washington as we speak. >> that's the theory. thank you so much, john defterios, appreciate it. >>> to discuss this, i want to bring in thomas gift, the director of the ucl center on u.s. politics. thanks for coming in. nice to see you again. i want to get your reaction to the ch

any small business owner, any restaurant owner would voluntarily send a single dime to the internal revenue serviceese people are paying property taxes on buildings they can't use, paying for police who aren't allowed to do their jobs, and are doing it all for the benefit of politicians who explicitly hate them. they are getting nothing in return. so why are they paying their taxes? people like [indiscernible] are beginning to ask that question. she's a single mother, owns a bar and restaurant called havens garden. it's in minnesota, a small town, total population 448. at times she also opens a restaurant for nondenominational church services. those are two mortal sins in minnesota. allowing people to eat and allowing people to worship. for doing those things, the state of minnesota is finding her hundreds of dollars a day. they've suspended her liquor license. meanwhile, indian casinos, which are not paying the taxes that she is, are allowed to operate like there is no pandemic at all. how is this happening? and what's the scene inside havens garden, this dangerous, restaurant? wire officials in m

get these stimulus checks, and that really depends on whether you're registered with the internal revenue servicewhere americans pay their taxes. if you are registered, you can get, according to the u.s. treasury department, paychecks as early as the next couple of weeks, very unlikely before the end of the year. also for those who do not qualify or don't have to pay taxes or homeless, this was the challenge with the stimulus package in march, it was proving much more difficult. again, the government says they have worked on tracing people to get those snail mail paychecks out, but that will prove difficult as well. up to two months. we could start seeing relief here in the first week of january with the payments that we're talking about, although there is a debate, as you know, whether it's going to be $600 or they try to boost it up here at the last minute. >> yeah, unlikely. that relief can't come soon enough. the president says he's sending a, quote, redlined version of the bill back to congress, insisting that the funds he doesn't approve of be removed from the spending package. so, what doe

she worked with internal revenue service and retired from working from bureau alcohol tobacco and firearm. they raised their four children with a strong sense of family and community. every saturday, darcy and all theory siblings and their children would gather at their mother's the street behind the chinese recreational center. they looked frau -- forward to playing and just hanging out with their cousins. those were the precious moments which carried through our generation and to those generations to come. dorothy was at a breast cancer survivor who never allowed the disease to define her. she was a positive minded individual who manage to juggle raising four kids and living with a larger than life husband. we will miss her smile, her laughter and her easygoing personality. she will be missed by her four children, their spouses, her siblings, numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and other family members. may she rest in peace as she joins her husband and sibling in her next journey. on a personal note, i remember my aunt, very fun loving individual. she was definitely a fun aunt.

all you have to do is check a box, and the internal revenue service will fill out the tax questions on your pell grant application for you. so there is no chance of a mistake. that made a big difference. and at the very same time, we agreed, republicans and democrats, to permanently fund historically black colleges, a goal that had been there for a long time. so that, i hope, i would say to my friend from alabama, i hope you put that on your wall somewhere because that helps a few hundred thousand low-income families in alabama aloan, and there is some work still to be done on that to finish the job, to finish the fafsa simplification. maybe some other support for historically black colleges that we might even be able to get done while you and i are still here. but i wanted to acknowledge a senator who arrived, went to work, stuck to his principles, worked across the aisle, got a result. you can't have a much better scorecard than that. i thank the president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i rise also to

she worked with internal revenue service and retired from working from bureau alcohol tobacco and firearm. they raised their four children with a strong sense of family and community. every saturday, darcy and all theory siblings and their children would gather at their mother's the street behind the chinese recreational center. they looked frau -- forward to playing and just hanging out with their cousins. those were the precious moments which carried through our generation and to those generations to come. dorothy was at a breast cancer survivor who never allowed the disease to define her. she was a positive minded individual who manage to juggle raising four kids and living with a larger than life husband. we will miss her smile, her laughter and her easygoing personality. she will be missed by her four children, their spouses, her siblings, numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and other family members. may she rest in peace as she joins her husband and sibling in her next journey. on a personal note, i remember my aunt, very fun loving individual. she was definitely a fun aunt.

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