{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://adriansmith.house.gov/media/press-releases/smith-ways-and-means-republicans-introduce-bill-block-biden-administrations", "Smith, Ways and Means Republicans Introduce Bill to Block the Biden Administration's Plan to Hire 87,000 New IRS Agents", "2022-09-30", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Adrian Smith", "S001172", "adriansmith.house.gov", "adriansmith", "https://adriansmith.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Republican Leader of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), along with Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA), introduced a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using its massive, $80 billion infusion of taxpayer dollars to squeeze more revenue out of American taxpayers, by repealing all enforcement funding from Democrats\u2019 inflation act. The bill leaves in place funding enhancing IRS\u2019s customer service and information technology systems.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s clear the IRS has long lost touch with its mission: to serve taxpayers,\u201d said Rep. Smith. \u201cDemocrats\u2019 Inflation Act would result in more audits for those who can least afford it, plain and simple. American families don\u2019t need more audits and red tape, and this bill will help ensure hardworking taxpayers receive satisfactory customer service without having to fear a supercharged IRS.\u201d\n\n\u201cDemocrats want to expand the IRS with 87,000 new IRS agents to squeeze hardworking Americans who can least afford new audits,\u201d Rep. Brady said. \u201cBy restricting new funding for the agency to customer service and improving its technology, we are protecting middle-class workers from a supercharged IRS and ensuring that they get the help they need.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe so-called \u2018Inflation Reduction Act\u2019 certainly hasn\u2019t reduced inflation, but it has cost taxpayers more than $700 billion and doubled the size of the IRS to target middle- and low-income families and small businesses with a flood of audits and draconian \u2018enforcement\u2019 activities,\u201d said Rep. Steel. \u201cThe IRS has lost tens of billions of dollars to fraud and mismanagement, and I\u2019m proud to introduce this legislation with Rep. Smith to protect the taxpayers, rein in an unaccountable federal agency, and reverse course from this dangerous path of growing bureaucracy and heavy-handed federal government.\u201d\n\nThe legislation would defund the Biden Administration\u2019s plan to hire 87,000 new IRS agents and block efforts to drastically increase audits on middle class families while preserving funding for customer service and IT modernization.\n\nFor bill text, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://adriansmith.house.gov/media/press-releases/smith-ways-and-means-republicans-introduce-bill-block-biden-administrations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8683500345796347, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}