American families, individuals, and businesses collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year--not to mention countless hours--simply trying to comply with the tax code.

I am still hoping that tax reform can be bipartisan.

On a number of occasions, I've stated my view that presidential leadership will be a key component to any successful tax reform effort.

I expect more from President Trump on tax reform.

I hope that the statements we have heard from some of the Senate Democratic leaders discouraging bipartisan efforts on tax reform do not reflect the views of all our Democratic colleagues.

I'm sure this issue will come up today, and I look forward to hearing that discussion.

Chairman Hatch has spoken out against this policy, as has Chairman Grassley.

Now we are going to shift a little bit and we are going to consider the nomination of Mr. David Kautter to serve as Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Tax Policy.

I expect a commitment today to respond to questions from members of this committee regardless of whether they've got a 'D' or an 'R' next to their name.

For our current efforts, I would add a fourth goal: American competitiveness.

I rise today in support of the nomination of Mr. Patrick Shanahan to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. The Department of Defense is going through historic changes in its organizational structure. These much needed changes are thanks to the…

In 1984, President Reagan called for a reform of the tax code. He laid out three main goals for tax reform: fairness, efficiency, and simplicity.

I have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

My sincere hope--which I have repeated numerous times--is that our Democratic colleagues will be willing to join in this effort.

There's no question that tax reform is an important subject. But the dominant business before the Senate for the last several weeks has been health care.

serious consideration should be given to Senator Warren's proposal which could dramatically simplify taxes, even eliminate tax return preparation costs.

I think we would do well to keep focused, and to frequently remind ourselves of these basic principles.

the Republican plan I see coming together right now doubles down on the rotten unfairness in our tax code.