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Steny Hoyer: “We have so decimated IRS enforcement, frankly, to some…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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

Published April 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:31

The IRS budget in 2010 was 10.2 billion do dollars. If it were to be funded at the rate that it was … We have so decimated IRS enforcement, frankly, to some degree on both sides of the aisle, we've underfunded enforcement. … this budget substantially underfunds many of the objects which are critically important. Now, we don't know because we have not had Secretary Besant, which is the one large department that we fund. (01:31–01:56)

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Asserts that IRS enforcement has been significantly underfunded by both political parties.

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“Six tenths of a percent of the returns over a million dollars are audited.”
Hoyer: It's Intentional to Marginalize the Work of the Congress and of the Appropriations Committee | Uploaded April 17, 2026 | 01:31-01:56
“We have not adopted the 302.”
Hoyer: It's Intentional to Marginalize the Work of the Congress and of the Appropriations Committee | Uploaded April 17, 2026 | 00:35-00:41
“We have no 302 allocations at this point in time.”
Hoyer: It's Intentional to Marginalize the Work of the Congress and of the Appropriations Committee | Uploaded April 17, 2026 | 00:36-00:41
“The IRS budget in 2010 was 10.2 billion dollars.”
Hoyer: It's Intentional to Marginalize the Work of the Congress and of the Appropriations Committee | Uploaded April 17, 2026 | 01:13-01:22
“If it [the IRS budget] were to be funded at the rate that it was funded in 2010, it would be $18.3 billion.”
Hoyer: It's Intentional to Marginalize the Work of the Congress and of the Appropriations Committee | Uploaded April 17, 2026 | 01:24-01:32
“It is intentional to marginalize the work of the Congress generally and the Appropriations committee specifically.”
Hoyer: It's Intentional to Marginalize the Work of the Congress and of the Appropriations Committee | Uploaded April 17, 2026 | 01:56-02:06
“We have not had Secretary Besant, which is the one large department that we fund.”
Hoyer: It's Intentional to Marginalize the Work of the Congress and of the Appropriations Committee | Uploaded April 17, 2026 | 02:08-02:14