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Hoyer: It's Intentional to Marginalize the Work of the Congress and of the Appropriations Committee

Published April 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:24

So I'm going to be offering an amendment later today which funds an increase in the IRS enforcement. The IRS budget in 2010 was 10.2 billion do dollars. If it [the IRS budget] were to be funded at the rate that it was funded in 2010, it would be $18.3 billion. Obviously, a lot of progress has been made in terms of mechanization, and that figure is probably not an accurate figure, but it's clearly indicative of how robustly the IRS … (01:24–01:32)

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Asserts that the IRS budget would be $18.3 billion if funded at 2010 levels.

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