CHAIRMAN SMITH OPENING STATEMENT: BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION HELPS VULNERABLE AMERICANS AND MODERNIZES THE IRS TO BETTER SERVE TAXPAYERS

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following opening statement at a markup of tax and tax administration legislation:

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"Our entire agenda on the Ways and Means Committee has been to help the working men and women of America, and this bipartisan markup builds on that agenda.

"The tax legislation we will consider helps some of the most vulnerable and overlooked people in our country: preschool teachers, natural disaster victims, and domestic violence survivors.

"Our first bill ensures that sexual assault survivors, who have already experienced unimaginable horr...