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Russell Vought: “I don't want to live in a country in which the IRS is…”

Featuring: Russell Vought, Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget | National

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Congresswoman Escobar questions OMB Director Russell Vought during House Budget Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:09

The logic is that the Biden administration had increased the IRS to such a degree that it was intrusive on small businesses and people across the country. And I don't want to live in a country in which the IRS is auditing every American in the country because they've filed a tax return. So, so you are okay with tax tax fraud? Certainly not. Okay. I don't assume that the American people are doing tax fraud when they file their Taxes. (03:09–03:17)

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Asserts opposition to widespread IRS audits of all Americans.

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