the groups with an interest in the existing tax system were well-organized and ready to defend their tax breaks at a moment's notice.

I want to call your attention, Mr. Secretary, to a bill that Senator Alexander and I have that would reduce the questions on the financial aid form, the FAFSA form, from 108 questions to 2 questions.

I think the answer of what we have to do--we learned in 1986 what the answer on tax reform is.

I have offered to both the chairman and to Senator Wyden that we look forward to working with the bipartisan working groups.

the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, described our tax code as broken and ridiculous.

with 60 of us in the Senate, in that bipartisan letter Senator Graham and I led, saying we want currency addressed in any trade agreement, I hope you understand that we are very serious about this.

I visualize the conflict in advance and then, when it comes, I know it is going to be there, and we can get through it.

I think we ought to do more to encourage the development of life-saving therapies and ensure that they come to market.

This is about keeping American jobs here and American innovation here and driving an economy that is actually lifting the middle class.

We ought to be doing more of that as we think about what we are doing going forward.

Sometimes we can actually move beyond rhetoric and accomplish something in a bipartisan way that has meaningful results.