WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand answers on how Republican funding clawbacks and DOGE staff cuts have gutted the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division's ability to investigate sophisticated tax schemes used by wealthy tax cheats.
"As one former head of the shuttered Justice Department Tax Division put it, 'There is usual ebb and flow, but you can't ignore this number.' We write to ask how staffing cuts and other factors contributed to this decline, what impact it will have on revenues and deterring tax cheats, and how the IRS will adequately enforce the law in the face of substantial staffing and...