demanding tax fairness as chairman of the ways and means subcommittee on oversight, i joined rep. judy chu (d-ca) in leading 25 of our colleagues in a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and house and senate appropriations leaders calling on them to retain the house-passed funding level of 12.1 billion for the internal revenue service (irs), including 5.2 billion for enforcement activities. 