{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-treasury-secretary-nominee-steven-mnuchin-discuss-tax-priorities", "Grassley, Treasury Secretary Nominee Steven Mnuchin Discuss Tax Priorities, Whistleblowers", "2016-12-08", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Charles Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today met with President-elect Trump\u2019s Treasury secretary nominee, Steven Mnuchin. \u00a0Grassley is a senior member and former chairman of the Finance Committee, which will consider the nomination. \u00a0Grassley made the following comment on the meeting.\u201cIt was our first time meeting, so Mr. Mnuchin and I spent a few minutes getting acquainted. \u00a0We then discussed a series of issues. \u00a0We covered the importance of comprehensive tax reform on both the corporate and individual levels and how tax fairness is critical to economic growth and job creation. \u00a0I\u2019ve often said that a major undertaking like tax reform requires the President\u2019s use of his bully pulpit to rally support behind a plan from Congress and the American people. \u00a0There\u2019s an opportunity to do that with a new administration. \u00a0I emphasized the importance of listening to whistleblowers within the Treasury Department and those who come to the IRS with allegations of major tax fraud. \u00a0The provisions improving the IRS whistleblower office that I drafted are working, but it\u2019s required a lot of oversight to maintain the momentum, and I\u2019d like to see a Treasury secretary who will build on the progress. \u00a0Enforcing tax fraud is a matter of fairness for the majority of the taxpayers who pay what they owe. \u00a0Mr. Mnuchin and I discussed the burden of the estate tax on family farms and businesses. \u00a0 I emphasized the need to treat alternative energy tax incentives fairly, including keeping the current phase-out for the wind energy production tax incentive as is. \u00a0Alternative energy drives job creation in Iowa and nationwide. \u00a0We discussed currency manipulation as well as the need to broaden the scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to cover food security. \u00a0Mr. Mnuchin seemed to appreciate the need for the review process to become broader than it is now to help protect U.S. interests. \u00a0I look forward to covering these issues and more in Mr. Mnuchin\u2019s nomination hearing.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-treasury-secretary-nominee-steven-mnuchin-discuss-tax-priorities"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.650146208703518, "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"}