Frank Lautenberg: “I defer to Senator Carper because he has worked so diligently on this section of the bill.”

The requested 6 percent cut to FinCEN is a concern.

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

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

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.