WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Angus King (I-ME), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Bernard Sanders (I-VT) sent a letter on Wednesday to Treasury Secretary and Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Division Chief Guy Ficco seeking answers on how Republican funding clawbacks and DOGE staff cuts have gutted IRS-CI's ability to investigate sophisticated tax schemes used by wealthy tax cheats.
The IRS-CI 2025 Annual Report found that investigations into abusive tax schemes dropped 63 percent last year to a level roughly 40 percent...