Tell michelle i said hi. Irs commissioner John Koskinen delivered the keynote address at a luncheon hosted by the National Press club here in washington, d. C. Ahead of tomorrows tax day, he focused on efforts the federal agency has made to better meet taxpayer needs for filing taxes. After his remarks, commissioner koskinen took questions from the auds je audience. I served as the 104th president of the club, and im standing in today for our 110th president who is away on assignment because we still has to make a paycheck as opposed to this volunteer gig. Island li id like to welcome our public radio and cspan audiences today. You can follow the action on twitter using npclive. Id ask that you each of you stand briefly as your name is announced. To the audience, please hold your applause until i have finish finished introducing the entire head table. Government executive media group. A senior associate editor. Dell wilber, reporter with los angeles times. Mark schiff, Senior Reporter
Table. Government executive media group. Mark wineo, senior associate editor, proud Buffalo Bills fan. Mark chef, Senior Reporter at investment news. Margaret johnson, Information Technology specialist for the irs, a guest of our speaker. Alli verspill, michael lynn, digit digital strategist. Lisa matthews, the npc headliners cochair who organized today. Skipping over our guest for the moment, kelly herb, Senior Editor at forbes. Lawyer ri russo. Thank you for helping out today. Meg megan o neil. And caroline block. Thank you all, and a round of applause, please. [ applause ] in what has become a National Press Club Tradition we have grateful that the commissioner has accepted our invitation to talk about all thing ace soesso with that five letter word, taxes. They run from soccer to taxes to how computers to react to once in one thousand year events. The budget blueprint called for a 239 million cut to the irs budget following the demise of the Health Care Act in the house. Lawmakers
Apparently thats Old Fashioned now. So do you see that expanding more . Yes, congressman cummings. Not my thing. Im talking about absolutely. Hypergrowth. Hypergrowth. The challenge is its a very competitive delivery space. We compete for customers every day. Its the value proposition. Competitive pricing, transit time performance and visibility. And the Postal Service has made investments in all of those components to insure we improve our competitive standing. We need to recognize while our strength is last mile delivery, were challenged there. The socalled uberization of Package Delivery is very competitive. We recognize we have to compete for that business. The challenge ultimately for us, the package growth alone wont offset the losses in firstclass volume. Hence the need to address the legacy costs specifically looking at medicare integration as a cornerstone of our legislative ask. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I now recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. Fahrenthold. I want to foll
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Its a snowball. From a city in the grips of climate crisis. Neighbors were coming down. Everybody was helping each other, pushing the cars. To the epicentre of a political debate. Carbon pollution is co2, and thats really not a polutant its a plant food. We go to the front lines of a debate that may not be decided. Theyre gonna raise the sidewalks. That must be what two feet . Until its too late. As mayor, i dont have the liberty or time to debate why Climate Change is happening. Dr. Shini somara is a mechanical engineer. With all of that innovation do you think its actually going to solve the problem. Lindsay moran is an excia operative and analyst. Why is this issue political . Dr crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. Why does a small segment of scientists not believe . Im phil torres. Im an entomologist. Wow that was something else, i mean it was a real rush for me. Thats our team. Now lets do some science. [ ] hey guys welcome to techknow, im phil torres joined by Lindsay