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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 18, 2023

Paramount appears to be attempting to appease the administration in order to secure merger approval.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

Our Credit Suisse investigation was about tax evasion and you had Credit Suisse, even after they got busted in 2014, do the same thing.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

This is an instance where these big pharmaceutical companies would make most of their sales in the United States, then they race overseas to, in effect, pretend that they were really residents there so they could pay very low taxes.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

You've got four members of the Senate Finance Committee, two Democrats, two Republicans. And historically, the Finance Committee has worked in a bipartisan way.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

Message sent, Mr. Bartlett. I'm going to be talking to all the Democrats and Republicans about how we beef up the enforcement issue.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

You've got four members of the Senate Finance Committee, two Democrats, two Republicans. And historically, the Finance Committee has worked in a bipartisan way.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

This is an instance where these big pharmaceutical companies would make most of their sales in the United States, then they race overseas to, in effect, pretend that they were really residents there so they could pay very low taxes.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

Message sent, Mr. Bartlett. I'm going to be talking to all the Democrats and Republicans about how we beef up the enforcement issue.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

Our Credit Suisse investigation was about tax evasion and you had Credit Suisse, even after they got busted in 2014, do the same thing.

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Suzanne Bonamici
@suzannebonamici· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

The House Republicans released their proposed agricultural funding bill this morning, and there is no doubt that they are ready to cut nutrition benefits. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to defend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

Well, that is horrific. Because we are in a situation; my State is burning up from climate change.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

I think the President has full power within his inherent authority to simple declare the debt limit null and void.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

For 22 years it stayed one purpose, the deficit, reinforced every single year.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

Your analysis concludes that the Trump and Bush tax cuts have together been the largest driver of increasing debt ratio.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

We need to pivot to renewables quickly, and should be expediting the thing that make that possible.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

Doesn't it seem a little insane that tax cuts for the wealthy that have--and the powerful corporations that have created the bulk of this problem would then have the problem addressed by cutting basic programs for the most challenged…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

Let me just say, factually, scientifically, you are wrong.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 17, 2023

So in 1974, when the Budget Control Act was done, it has 100 percent of the senators vote for it and that was because it created a filibuster-free pathway for one purpose, deficit reduction; am I correct?

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