millions of Americans must be watching in stunned disbelief tonight as the Republican Senate betrays the middle class for the benefit of faceless, multinational corporations. Colleagues, how many middle-class families need to see their…

I thank the Chair. I was concerned at the beginning because there are so many deserving schools in Oregon and Pennsylvania and elsewhere that don't get this special treatment, and obviously you have heard my colleagues express their…

Senator Cruz's amendment expands tax subsidies for upper income households to aid private or parochial schools by allowing 529 account balances to spend up to $10,000 a year on private or parochial school tuition and supplies. Colleagues…

with this amendment, Senators Rubio and Lee stopped far short of meaningful relief for millions of vulnerable American families and leave out altogether so many deserving children like the Dreamers. After 2025, Rubio-Lee offers a double…

I ask unanimous consent that my motions to commit be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With Instructions Mr. Wyden moves to commit the bill…

how much time remains on our side in the tranche? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Eleven minutes.

if my colleague would yield further, what is your analysis of how many colleges would benefit from this? The reason I ask is, in my view, there are a lot of deserving Oregon schools--and I seem to remember quite a few colleges in…

if I could have the attention of my colleague from Pennsylvania, I would like to pose a question to him on a matter. We, as we have indicated, have been digging through the amendments. As far as I can tell, what we have is the earlier…

I would just like to set the record straight on a couple of points. I have a response to my colleagues who continually say this corporate tax cut is going to raise workers' wages by $4,000. Now, I asked the head of the Joint Committee on…

we are going to have several of our colleagues on our side, and we will start with Senator Sanders.

just before we wrap up, I have heard Republicans talk constantly about how this process is being conducted by regular order. I have never seen in my time in public service, when talking about $10 trillion worth of tax policy changes and…

parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

my colleague has a parliamentary inquiry, and then we will go to Senator Bennet.

I want to thank my colleague from Illinois for a very insightful analysis, and his skills as a handwriting expert may be necessary as the Senate Finance Committee tries to divine what that particular page actually means. I thank my…

for this tranche, I believe we will have Senator Durbin lead off for us and then Senator Nelson and Senator Bennet. Each is going to try to take around 5 minutes. Senator Durbin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator Durbin.

I thank my friend, and I know the Senator from West Virginia and the Senator from Connecticut have both been patient. Why don't we yield time to the Senator from West Virginia now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.

I am going to yield to my colleagues in a minute. I just think it is important to make sure that the public understands exactly what some of the facts are behind the Republican proposals. My colleague from Ohio just talked about how the…

I have just seen an air-dropped list of provisions--there seem to be upwards of 30--and it sure looks as if the lobbyists have been working overtime. They must have earned a holiday gift with this new bonanza of goodies. We still await a…

I would just like to respond briefly to the Senator from Pennsylvania, who is baffled by why we are so opposed to the health provisions of the bill. The Congressional Budget Office says that the majority's provisions will cause 13 million…

how much time remains on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cruz). The majority controls 1 minute, and the Democrats control 1\1/2\ minutes.

we will be back in 30 minutes to continue this. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. There will now be 30 minutes of debate. The Senator from Colorado.

I want to pick up where Senator Murray left off and emphasize to colleagues that not only would this bill raise taxes on millions of middle-class families, but it would also be a dagger in the heart of the Affordable Care Act, causing…

There is absolutely no question about that. We are looking at something like half of the middle class to be paying more in taxes come 2027.

I will take our 1\1/2\ minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

here we are now at 4:15. We still have not seen this bill--a $10 trillion bill, the biggest tax bill in more than three decades, with changes involving billions and billions of dollars made, apparently, overnight. I have made it clear that…