Frank Lautenberg: “The needs of Gulf families, fishermen, business owners, must not and will not take a back seat to BP's bottom line.”

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

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

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

I am deeply troubled with this budget. The Coast Guard does not have adequate funding to do everything we expect them to do.