A spokesman for Senator Chuck Grassley said the Iowa Republican believes that both chambers should have access to Trump’s returns as a way of maintaining proper checks and balances
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says has no particular interest in requesting the documents from the Treasury Department and does not want to see the Internal Revenue Service used for political purposes.The top Republican on tax policy in the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that he will seek President Donald Trump’s tax returns if Democrats in the House of Representatives obtain them.
“If the House of Representatives are going to get them, then I want the Senate Finance Committee to have them,” said Grassley, who as the Finance chairman is the only lawmaker in the Senate authorized to request confidential tax records from U.S. Secretary Steven Mnuchin.“I don’t want what ... the House Democrats are using the IRS for – for political purposes,” he added. “If they get them, we’ll just ask for them.
Federal law authorizes the chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee and the nonpartisan congressional Joint Committee on Taxation to seek confidential tax information from the Treasury. However, Grassley believes individual tax returns obtained by Congress should be kept confidential and used to inform legislation, not for oversight, his spokesman said.
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