Manchin Promises to Ensure the IRS ‘Doesn’t Harass Anybody’ After $80 Billion Bulk-Up

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) speaks to reporters in the Hart Senate Office building in Washington, on Aug. 1, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a key sponsor of the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act, has vowed to ensure that the IRS “doesn’t harass anybody” after receiving an $80 billion appropriation in the bill.

The IRS provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act were among its most controversial.