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Pick individual people s tax returns, this committee did, is because of bribery, corruption and scandal. the law was changed in 1924. because congressional vrths during the tea pot dome scandal, which involved bribery, felt that they were getting stiff-armed by the irs. they carried that investigation out. they changed the law and the first time a member of a president s cabinet went to prison was the result of that scandal. so, there is a pretty direct through-line from the reason congress has this power to what they re trying to do with the power today. yeah. the, i always found that the justifications on the other side fairly tortured. they had to do with congress was acting in bad faith. it seems obvious to me, the legislative intent is we re considering a law to require presidential candidates to disclose their taxes and that s the legislative intent of the house, ways and means committee. we d like to see the one guy ....