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The number one issue in the confirmation hearings for the Commissioner was this overpayment question.

It would make it harder to do the bipartisan work on overpayments that we talked about in the Finance Committee.

The ultra-wealthy are avoiding those $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.

I am here as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle

The American people do not want to see that happen to the Social Security guarantee.

The question for the Congress and for the Senate is do we want to take the steps that the Chairman outlined

We Democrats know that the ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.

I said everybody has got to pay their fair share. No special exemptions for billionaires.

If Republicans want to come up with a proposal that restores solvency while avoiding benefit cuts, as the standing ovation at the State of the Union promised, Democrats are all ears.

The Transnational Repression Policy Act, which was introduced by Senators Merkley, Rubio, Cardin, and Hagerty, includes provisions in all these areas.

That is unacceptable that we would be in that position.

We want to work in a bipartisan way on both of the big issues of our time.

The number one issue in the confirmation hearings for the Commissioner was this overpayment question.

And I want my colleague to know I will work with him on it, because that was going to be my question.

Is it smarter for us to fix that now and have 11 years in which we boost the Trust Fund, or wait till the last desperate second in 2035?

We want to derail this ill-advised House proposal to not make things worse.

We Democrats know that the ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.

I just want to make it clear that my door is open.