Frank Lautenberg: “I ran a big company, very big. Three of us started--the company has 45,000 employees today.”

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

I am concerned that with our budget difficulties we will continue to see declining budgets for Defense Nuclear Non-Proliferation activities in favor of Weapons Activities.

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

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