Frank Lautenberg: “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 appropriated $1 billion for the COPS Hiring Recovery Program.”

Thank you for scheduling this hearing to consider the re-nomination of Dr. Allison Macfarlane to be Chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

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

The requested 6 percent cut to FinCEN is a concern.

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