Rep. Doggett Seeks to Acquire President Trump’s Tax Returns for 3rd Time

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Senior Member of the House Ways and Means Committee and Ranking Member of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke in support of a resolution that would direct the Secretary of the Treasury to provide President Trump's federal tax returns to Congress. During this Committee consideration, Rep. Lloyd Doggett said:

"We have tried before to get President Trump's tax returns; this will be the third time. The Committee has clearly struck out on this issue. The cover-up will eventually be uncovered. It is just a question of how long it will go on.

"This is a gentleman who has bragged during the course of his campaign about his ability to manipulate Members of Congress and to get pretty much whatever he wants in the tax code. ‘I know our complex tax laws better than anyone,' President Trump said, ‘better than anyone who has ever run for president and I'm the only one who can fix it.' The question is whether he's going to fix them for himself, or fix them for the American people. Without those tax returns, we won't know what conflicts may exist for him, what kind of self-dealing may exist for him -- we will never know. We want to know whether he will benefit personally from the tax law changes he seeks and that is why are asking for his returns."

On February 14, Rep. Lloyd Doggett filed an amendment to authorize the Ways and Means Committee to obtain President Trump's tax returns. The Committee voted on party-lines, denying the amendment 23-15. On March 8, Rep. Doggett once again filed an amendment to get the Committee to use its authority to obtain President Trump's tax returns. The Committee majority refused a vote on the amendment, deeming it not germane.

You can view Rep. Doggett's committee remarks from today here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghiWrpbAeEE&feature=youtu.be