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Washington, D.C. – Congress should reject the administration’s meager FY 2019 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service and instead provide the agency with the funding and personnel necessary to help taxpayers comply with the newly overhauled tax code, National Treasury Employees Union President Tony Reardon said Tuesday. “The lack of sufficient staffing ...

Chairman Lankford, Ranking Member Coons and distinguished members of the subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2019 budget request for the IRS. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing federal workers at 32 agencies, including the men and ...

Washington, D.C. – The ability of Customs and Border Protection to block security threats at the nation’s 328 ports of entry is hampered by a persistent staffing shortage of more than 4,000 employees, National Treasury Employees Union President Tony Reardon told Congress Tuesday. “Any discussion of resources to protect and secure the homeland must include the ...

Chairman Gowdy, Ranking Member Cummings and members of the Committee, thank you for allowing NTEU to share its thoughts on the President’s Management Agenda (PMA). As National President of NTEU, I represent federal employees across 32 agencies and I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this important issue.   In March, the Administration released the PMA, ...

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member McCaskill, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony on “Authorities and Resources Needed to Protect and Secure the United States.” As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 25,000 Customs and ...

Washington, D.C. – The majority of illicit opioids entering the U.S. come through the ports of entry where Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is severely short-staffed, according to a new congressional report released today. The study from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee found that from 2013-17, 88 percent of all opioids seized ...

Washington, D.C. – The paychecks and pensions of all federal employees and retirees would be slashed under a series of unwise proposals that Congress should outright reject, NTEU National President Tony Reardon said in a new letter to lawmakers. “Federal employees are middle class workers who can ill afford a 6 to 7 percent take-home pay cut, during a time ...

Washington, D.C. – The success of Customs and Border Protection to safely and efficiently operate the ever-expanding ports of entry depends on the agency’s ability to hire enough personnel to run them, National Treasury Employees Union President Tony Reardon told Congress Wednesday. In a hearing about Commissioner Kevin McAleenan’s vision for the future of ...

Washington, D.C. – The National Treasury Employees Union is marking Tax Day 2018 with an alarming list of what taxpayers lose when the Internal Revenue Service is hobbled by a smaller budget and fewer staff. Since 2010, the IRS has lost $715 million of its operating budget and nearly 22,000 full-time employees, and the consequences negatively impact every ...

Chairman Carter, Ranking Member Roybal-Allard, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony.  As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed ...

Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden and distinguished members of the committee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on future challenges facing the IRS. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers in 32 agencies, including the men and women at the IRS.  ...

Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Quigley and distinguished members of the subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the administration’s FY 2019 budget request for the IRS. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers in 32 agencies, including the ...

“None of the funds made available in this or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is made pursuant to the ...

Washington, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service request for an immediate infusion of $397 million to implement the new tax law should be honored by Congress, National Treasury Employees Union President Tony Reardon said. In written testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Reardon said the additional funding for the remainder of the current 2018 fiscal year ...

The IRS, consumer advocates and financial columnists are promoting the calculator as a way to prevent taxpayers from being shocked in 2019 by changes in how much they owe. The new tax law made significant reforms to the standard deduction, personal exemptions, the child tax credit, other deductions, tax rates and tax brackets. “Following the major changes in ...

Chairwoman McSally, Ranking Member Vela, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to deliver this testimony.  As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement ...