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Scott Bessent: “There was quite a bit of bloat during the Biden years…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Chris Van Hollen And Scott Bessent Have Heated Clash Over Americans Paying Taxes

Published | Video Starts at 01:14

In terms of people's experience with does go to the larger question of the IRS, which has lost 27,000 employees through actions such as RIFS, the deferred resignation program and early retirement. 27,000 employees left because of those actions, right? Yes, sir. Which There was quite a bit of bloat during the Biden years, really. So we are just getting back to a more normalized level. So, Mr. Secretary, you had to hire a lot of those people back, right? We hired some people back in specific areas. Not a lot of those, sir. (01:14–01:21)

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Asserts that the IRS experienced bloat during the Biden administration and is now returning to normal levels.

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