Tag: Todd Platts

Both Parties Agree: Spend More to Reduce Tax Fraud

Dem Reps. Towns, Connolly use hearing to attack House GOP budget

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Rep. Edolphus Towns / AP

Democrats attacked Republican efforts to trim the budget at a recent hearing despite bipartisan support for spending more money to fight tax fraud. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Government Organization held a hearing Thursday to discuss ways to fight tax fraud and identity theft.

The Hunt for Efficiency

Oversight hearing highlights successes, criticizes inefficiencies in trade assistance program

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Gerry Connolly, Todd Platts / Wikimedia Commons

A House oversight subcommittee hearing Wednesday revealed inefficiencies and paperwork burdens are holding back a government program that has dramatically helped businesses, according to testimony.