WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Reverend Warnock issued the following press release:
In a new letter (https://www.warnock.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Warnock_Bisignano-Response.pdf) from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Frank Bisignano to U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Bisignano shares that the IRS is lifting its hiring freeze at the agency. Bisignano's response follows Senator Warnock's December 2025 letter (https://www.warnock.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Warnock_Bessent_IRS-December-2025.pdf) pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to lift the agency's hiring freeze to ensure the IRS and the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) could maintain staffing needs ahead of the 2026 tax sea...