Ron Wyden

I see an enormous opportunity to modernize the code and strip out a lot of that unfairness by radically simplifying our system of depreciation.

The code is punishing to those who don't have a team of accountants and the luxury of time to plan investments around taxes.

If you own a small business today, you're in danger of being ensnared in an outdated, overgrown tax code that Americans spend 6.1 billion hours and more than $100 billion complying with each year.

I think of Senator Wyden's proposal as one that accomplishes that.

Any kind of simplification would be welcomed by business owners.

The whole point of this is to end the water torture for small businesses.

You make the decision and kind of keep your fingers crossed.

It seems to me there are really two tax codes in America.

For me, the ballgame here is small business. That is where you have most of the jobs in America.

If you own a small business in America today, often you go to bed at night believing that you are in danger of being ensnared by an outdated, overgrown tax code.

I very much look forward to working with you and our colleagues.

The qualities that make Oregon's natural treasures unique are exactly the reasons for protecting them.

My state is a special place, and it has remarkable natural features and diverse landscapes that lend themselves to a variety of recreational pursuits.

These updates from the Administration are long overdue.

The rules are from yesteryear. They have not been updated in three decades.

America needs to find ways to reduce venting and flaring of natural gas.

It was unacceptable for the IRS to leave the front door open to hackers.

Taxpayers have been failed by the agencies, the companies, and the policymakers here in Congress they rely on to protect them.

I definitely think there needs to be authority given IRS to set minimum standards for paid tax preparers.

I cannot understand, when taxpayers are ripped off, why we cannot have minimum standards.

We are not going to have it any longer absent Congress getting serious on a bipartisan basis to renew it.

It seems to me you do not fight the cheats and the rip-off artists by osmosis.

The committee has a responsibility to protect taxpayers, no matter what filing method they choose.

It is still my view that people handling sensitive taxpayer information should have to meet what are minimum standards.

It is unacceptable for troves of taxpayer data to be more vulnerable to hacking than many social media or e-mail accounts.