Frank Lautenberg: “I encourage the use of security teams.”

Identity theft is a serious and growing problem in the United States and a daunting challenge for the IRS.

I believe it is time for this subcommittee and others to give serious thought to the way the IRS is funded.

I want to hear feelings of improvement, of moving forward.

Do you consider IRS's current strategy for dealing with identity theft and refund fraud to be adequate? No.