Ron Wyden

I think our message on this committee needs to be that we see our job as putting kids first.

Very important to know.

It is millions of acres untreated and we're out $1 billion over a 10-year period.

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, recently said that wildfires change landscapes so dramatically that communities affected by them are at a significantly higher risk of flooding.

The system of fighting fire in this country is a broken, dysfunctional mess.

It's not the role of the legislator.

The markets will go into a tailspin.

The law on the books tells the administration to make cost sharing payments that help keep down the cost of health insurance for millions of Americans.

The President and his team are determined to undermine the law.

If confirmed, I commit to fully brief the members of the Finance Committee and their staffs on the softwood lumber case.

Senator Crapo and I noted at June's trade agenda hearing, this committee must be consulted every step of the way.

That is a really clever argument for the United States Senate Finance Committee to move quickly.

Consultation is not giving us something 5 minutes before something is going to happen.

Real consultation is not telling us 5 minutes before something is going to happen.

I have been clear that meaningful consultations with the Congress and communications with the public are essential.

Members of the committee, certainly myself, are deeply concerned with making sure the Department of Health and Human Services fulfills its obligations to the public by enforcing the Affordable Care Act.

The President, as I just said, called again for the Affordable Care Act to fail.

The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. It is the administration's job to faithfully execute that law.

The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land whether the President likes it or not, and you are committed to seeing that it is carried out.

But the fact is, CHIP was a bipartisan effort by Chairman Hatch and Senator Kennedy, and they demonstrated against all the odds that bipartisan health-care policy is not just possible, it is the right thing to do.

Ranking Member Wyden's legislation would serve.

We would also urge the Committee to strongly consider the Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2016.

Ranking Member Wyden's proposal to create a Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit (MIHTC) would help fill a critical gap between LIHTC-eligible projects and truly attainable housing.

NCSHA also thanks committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and committee members Dean Heller (R-NV), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) for their cosponsorship of this legislation.

We are especially grateful for the leadership of Finance Committee Chairman Hatch, Committee Ranking Member Wyden, and Committee Member Cantwell in championing legislation to expand and strengthen the Housing Credit.