Ron Wyden actually said...

"The focus has to be on writing an economically responsible proposal that will create good-paying red, white, and blue jobs without heaping a new burden on the middle class."

"I would surely like to see, as we have talked about, more specifics, because I do not see how your plan does not blow a multi-trillion-dollar hole in the deficit."

"nothing shows tax unfairness more clearly than your proposal to let the fortunate few convert their ordinary income into business income without strings attached, pay the lowest 15-percent tax rate, a..."

"This is not a question of the chairman's intent, but the fact is, as the chairman himself noted, reconciliation is inherently a partisan process."