Ron Wyden

Nobody thinks providers are getting up in the morning and saying, 'Gee, I really want to be rotten today to people with chronic conditions.'

What I am struck by, and, again, I am just trying to reflect on the days when I ran the legal aid office for the elderly.

Because Medicare is a guarantee, a promise of defined benefits, it is past time to update this promise so as to deliver to patients with chronic conditions the best possible care in the most efficient manner.

I have looked forward to today for many years. That is because the Finance Committee is now beginning to tackle the premier challenge of American health policy.

I and others who believe that we can have security and liberty, that they're not mutually exclusive, have always believed that this argument that you're going to be invading people's privacy doesn't add up.

I think it's critical the American people know how many innocent law-abiding Americans are being swept up in the program.

The American people deserve to know whether in these extraordinary circumstances the CIA kept them safe.

The only question is whether he or someone associated with him coordinated with the Russians.

But the timing of this firing is wrong to anyone with a semblance of ethics.

That is what keeps communities safe is reducing those fuels.

This thing they did in 1999 was kind of a welfare program and it was supposed to phase out. That is not accurate.

The heart of the challenge because when I look around this room we all think that you have to fight this battle on several fronts.

This is the key time window.

If you do not keep the doors open, everything else goes by the wayside.

Do you think there ought to be any accountability?

The Agency spied on the committee in 2014, searching our computers.

None of what you have said changes the fact that the Agency can conduct searches looking for information on law-abiding Americans where there is no requirement that they're suspected of anything.

Now that Americans are getting into crunch time with tax filing season, I want to begin today's hearing by discussing what usually happens when early April rolls around each year.

Public disclosure is all the more important today, when serious questions about conflicts of interest and ties to foreign governments hang over President Trump and his administration.

We are going to be working with you all on trying to improve the tax system.

You have been accessible and you have been honorable in your service.

I think everybody understands that nobody likes the IRS and the IRS will always be a punching bag.

Senator Grassley and I have introduced legislation to strengthen incentives for whistleblowers under the tax code while also enhancing whistleblower protections.

It seems to me public disclosure is all the more important today.

Cyber-thieves have been ripping off students and parents.