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Bice Introduces 'IRS Customer Service Modernization Act'

April 7, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (R-OK) introduced the bipartisan IRS Customer Service Modernization Act along with the support of Representatives Rogers (R-AL), Meijer (R-MI), and McCormick (D-FL). This legislation would require the Secretary of Treasury to create an action plan within 60 days of enactment to complete the following: quarterly goals and benchmarks to allow zero backlog by Dec. 31, 2023, technical upgrades to improve processing times of tax returns, strategy to improve recruitment and retention rates at the IRS, improving taxpayer in-person meeting access to the Taxpayer Advocate Service and IRS, rapid identification of math errors and immediate notification of the taxpayer, and technological improvements to the IRS website for more efficient customer service. As of Dec. 31, 2021, there were still 6 million unprocessed individual returns, and in FY21, the IRS only responded to 11% of the 282 million phone calls by a customer service representative.

Biden’s Out-of-Touch Budget

April 6, 2022

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President Biden submitted his budget proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 to Congress last week, which serves as a wish list of his funding priorities. Although presidential budgets are only requests, his legislative ideas, with a price tag of $5.8 trillion, are simply out-of-touch with the real needs of the American people.

Issues:Budget and Spending

ICYMI: Bice Questions Sec. Austin and Gen. Milley

April 5, 2022

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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) questioned Secretary Austin and General Milley in the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 defense budget.

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ICYMI: Bice speaks on Ukraine and Biden's Budget on Fox Business

March 30, 2022

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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business this morning to discuss the unprovoked attack on Ukraine and President Biden's lack of defense spending in his Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

The U.S. Capitol is (Barely) Open to OK-05

March 30, 2022

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The People’s House is back, but unfortunately, still under serious restrictions thanks to House Democrats. Speaker Pelosi recently announced the first phase of the reopening of the Capitol which includes resuming tours starting on March 28. Instead of returning to pre-COVID capacity, every House office will be limited to only one tour per week.

Bice, Cole Support Funding for Tinker’s B-21 Depot Maintenance Campus

March 28, 2022

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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, joined in sending a letter to Pentagon officials related to Tinker Air Force Base’s forthcoming B-21 depot maintenance campus.

My Bill: Make Russia Pay Act

March 23, 2022

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Vladimir Putin’s catastrophic assault against the independent country of Ukraine is a truly heinous act that jeopardizes the stability of Europe and peace across the globe. It has been heartbreaking to witness the humanitarian disaster that Russia’s unwarranted invasion has caused on innocent civilians in a sovereign, prosperous nation.

Issues:Defense and Veterans

Bice Selected for National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

March 17, 2022

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Washington, D.C. – The bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today announced their appointments to the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, which was established by Sec. 1091 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22).

Issues:Defense and Veterans

RELEASE: Bice Introduces 'Make Russia Pay Act'

March 16, 2022

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) introduced H.R. 7083, the Make Russia Pay Act, a bill that would establish a “Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Fund” at Treasury into which seized Russian assets (physically in the US, or denominated in US dollars) would be liquidated and transferred. Russia’s own central bank had about $100 billion of reserves held in U.S. dollars according to the most recent available data released in January, 2022. Treasury would then be authorized to disburse funds directly to Ukraine to provide assistance to its citizens, to rebuild destroyed infrastructure, and to purchase needed defense articles. The fund would also provide assistance to the many EU nations like Poland that have taken in millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine.

'Make Russia Pay Act' would empower US Treasury to use seized Russian assets to help Ukraine

March 16, 2022

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By Jon Brown | Fox News

FIRST ON FOX: Legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives on Tuesday that would establish a fund within the U.S. Treasury to disburse seized Russian assets and have them fund Ukrainian relief.

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