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Janelle Bynum
@janellebynum· OR· Mar 27, 2025

I am a woman of faith. I know I am joined in this Chamber by fellow believers of all kinds. Today, I am reminded of Ezekiel 34:3, a story about the selfishness and greed of shepherds who used their sheep for their own gain, while…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 27, 2025

4 years ago, I kicked off an investigation of Big Pharma's tax practices, the dodges and tricks these hugely profitable, multinational companies use to winnow down their tax bills. This was not very long after Trump's first tax breaks for…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 27, 2025

I am going to take a few minutes to walk through these findings and discuss why they are so important. I am very pleased to be joined by several of my colleagues who are also outraged about this tax-dodging. Here is the upshot. My…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 27, 2025

Senator Welch, thank you for your leadership. It is great to have you on this committee. Mr. President, to wrap up, our investigation has found that Pfizer has carried out what could be the largest tax-dodging scheme in the history of Big…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Mar 26, 2025

What Republicans are attempting to do is upend decades of precedent and trample on the laws that govern how Congress budgets.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Mar 26, 2025

Congressional Republicans need to realize that ‘magic math’ does not exist and tax cuts cost money, even if Republicans want to pretend that they don’t.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Mar 26, 2025

I would ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to Nathan Sansone today, my shadow intern. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Mar 26, 2025

Trump’s illegal gutting of the Education Department will only take good teachers out of the classroom and prevent students from accessing higher education.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 26, 2025

and colleagues, the Senate will soon take a vote on the nomination of Michael Faulkender to serve as Deputy Treasury Secretary. I urge my colleagues to oppose the nomination. I am going to take just a few minutes to explain why he got zero…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 26, 2025

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 5 minutes after 5. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 26, 2025

They are so desperate to give tax breaks to billionaires that they’ll basically use any budget rules imaginable to get it.

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Val Hoyle
@valhoyle· Democratic · OR· Mar 25, 2025

I am Val Hoyle, and I represent the central and south coasts of Oregon. I am a proud third-generation union member with a background in sales and international trade, and I came to Congress to fight for working people. My family's path to…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 25, 2025

So, according to the whistleblower, you personally intervened to get key DOGE officials installed at the agency who have masterminded this shipwreck that we’re dealing today.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 24, 2025

Already, financial services firms are salivating at the possibility of profiting off of Americans' hard-earned retirement benefits.

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Janelle Bynum
@janellebynum· OR· Mar 22, 2025

we have an unelected billionaire trying to cut what we know is an essential program for millions of Americans

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 18, 2025

At a time when the agency’s workforce is at a 50-year low, the potential loss of centuries’ worth of agency experience will risk worsening backlogs, lengthening wait times, and interrupting benefit payment.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Mar 14, 2025

colleagues, let me keep this very simple. We provided a lot of funding in the Inflation Reduction Act so that those who have very sophisticated finances and very powerful advisers that try to avoid ever paying their taxes don't get away…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Mar 14, 2025

I come to the floor with my colleague from Vermont Senator Sanders to pass a set of critical improvements to America's healthcare system. This legislation is overwhelmingly bipartisan, fully paid for, and targeted at two objectives every…

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