Frank Lautenberg: “I appreciate Senator Lautenberg's work on this issue and I look forward to hearing from the witnesses today.”

I have long been concerned with the understaffing of air traffic controllers at Newark Liberty and I am concerned the sequestration-imposed air traffic controller furloughs will disproportionately impact this airport.

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

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

We need to bolster TTB so it has the ability to investigate and stop the illicit tobacco trade and collect the revenue we need.