WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2022: * * * Rep. Ted Budd has sponsored H.R. 9092, the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act. The bill would rescind the new funding provided to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the "Inflation Reduction Act" for increased enforcement, including the hiring of 87,000 new agents. The bill was originally introduced by Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE). * * * Rep. Budd said in a statement: "W more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of Republican senators sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland demanding the Biden Administration end its assault on domestic oil and gas production and continue to sell oil and gas leases on federal land and water. The push comes in response to the U.S. Department of Interior's draft proposal for the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and G more PR