Frank Lautenberg: “What we are saying is, look, it is not worth saving all those lives because it is going to cost so much.”

The IRS must be funded at a level that enables it to provide necessary taxpayer assistance and to enforce the laws.

Republicans in the Congress continue to call for even deeper budget cuts--despite clear evidence that the austerity agenda they have championed has slowed the pace of job growth and needlessly increased the suffering of children, seniors…

We also need to expand our research into climate change so we better understand the coming impacts, and how to mitigate them.

The requested 6 percent cut to FinCEN is a concern.