Frank Lautenberg: “Would anyone here want to go into major surgery...and have a physician there who flunked his tests five times”

With my State's continued challenges and stubbornly high foreclosure rates, I call on the Treasury Department to redouble its efforts to ensure that New Jersey homeowners receive the help they need.

I am honored to serve as chairman of this subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over crucial Federal programs that support our economy.

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.