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Lawler Keeps Promise To Repeal Funding For Hiring of 87,000 Additional IRS Agents

Washington, D.C., January 9, 2023
  • IRS

Washington, D.C. - 1/9/23... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to repeal funding for an additional 87,000 IRS agents that passed in the 117th Congress:

"Over the course of the last year, I’ve pledged to repeal the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents that would have unleashed a torrent of auditors on middle-class families and small businesses in the Hudson Valley. It was unacceptable that the 117th Congress decided to saddle American taxpayers with this burden, and I’m glad that this new House majority is cleaning up their mess.”

We are delivering on our promises to the American people and the passage of the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act is a fitting start to our pro-taxpayer, pro-American agenda."

Congressman Lawler’s Floor Remarks on The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act can be found HERE.

New York’s 17th District, which includes all or parts of Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties, is a suburban district located just north of New York City.

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