COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY et al

Filing 1

COMPLAINT against CHARLES P. RETTIG, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, STEVEN T. MNUCHIN, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (Fee Status:Filing Fee Waived) filed by COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit E, #6 Exhibit F, #7 Exhibit G, #8 Exhibit H, #9 Exhibit I, #10 Exhibit J, #11 Exhibit K, #12 Exhibit L, #13 Exhibit M, #14 Exhibit N, #15 Exhibit O, #16 Exhibit P, #17 Civil Cover Sheet, #18 Summons, #19 Summons, #20 Summons, #21 Summons, #22 Summons, #23 Summons)(Letter, Douglas)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS,
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
1102 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 1:19-cv-1974

v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
THE TREASURY,
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20220, et al.,
Defendants.

Exhibit B

6/27/2019

Neal Statement on Requesting President Trump’s Tax Returns | Ways and Means Committee - Democrats

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NEAL STATEMENT ON REQUESTING PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS
Apr 3, 2019 | Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following
statement after sending a written request
(/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/ les/documents/Neal%20Letter%20to%20Rettig%20%28signed%29%20%202019.04.03.pdf) to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig for six years of President
Donald J. Trump’s personal and business tax returns:
“It is critical to ensure the accountability of our government and elected of cials. To maintain trust in our
democracy, the American people must be assured that their government is operating properly, as laws intend.
“Congress, as a co-equal branch of government, has a duty to conduct oversight of departments and of cials.
The Ways and Means Committee in particular has a responsibility to conduct oversight of our voluntary Federal
tax system and determine how Americans – including those elected to our highest of ce – are complying with
those laws. It is also our duty to evaluate the operation of the Internal Revenue Service in its administration and
enforcement of the tax laws.
“The IRS has a policy of auditing the tax returns of all sitting presidents and vice-presidents, yet little is known
about the effectiveness of this program. On behalf of the American people, the Ways and Means Committee
must determine if that policy is being followed, and, if so, whether these audits are conducted fully and
appropriately. In order to fairly make that determination, we must obtain President Trump’s tax returns and
review whether the IRS is carrying out its responsibilities. The Committee has a duty to examine whether
Congressional action may be needed to require such audits, and to oversee that they are conducted properly.
“I today submitted to IRS Commissioner Rettig my request for six years of the president’s personal tax returns as
well as the returns for some of his business entities. We have completed the necessary groundwork for a request
of this magnitude and I am certain we are within our legitimate legislative, legal, and oversight rights.
“I take the authority to make this request very seriously, and I approach it with the utmost care and respect. This
request is about policy, not politics; my preparations were made on my own track and timeline, entirely
independent of other activities in Congress and the Administration. My actions re ect an abiding reverence for
our democracy and our institutions, and are in no way based on emotion of the moment or partisanship. I trust
that in this spirit, the IRS will comply with Federal law and furnish me with the requested documents in a timely
manner.”

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Oversight (116th Congress) (/subcommittees/oversight-116th-congress)
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