Just yesterday the President said, 'Look, I am not going to give big tax breaks to the wealthy.' But as I have pointed out today, Ms. Batchelder has pointed out today, the outline as of today creates a new enormous loophole for the…

Words matter. Yes, deeds matter even more.

We want a deficit-neutral plan.

It is a very important point you make, that these errors that they have said they have made have not been corrected.

Democrats have laid out principles that I think are very important. We have called for fiscal responsibility and a process that is fair to all members, where they can offer their ideas.

This is fake tax reform. This is not just a play at taking away from the blue States.

This morning the Finance Committee is going to spend a few hours spinning its wheels while the actual framework of the Republican tax plan is being written behind closed doors.

We Democrats have laid out core principles that I have described today that frankly do not even go as far as what the late President Reagan did.

I want to see a tax bill that focuses on the middle class to build the economy out that way. It is really pretty simple.

I surely hope that they are listening to this discussion up at the White House, because right now one of the critical challenges is, up at the White House, there has been a big gap between words and deeds.

the President's one-page tax outline has a new lunar crater-sized loophole for the wealthy that would allow them to abuse what is called a tax pass-through.

the principles of tax fairness are there for the ages.

Reagan-style tax reform fights complexity by fighting unfairness.

BCBSA commends Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden, and other members of the Senate Finance Committee for holding this important hearing on issues impacting health-care cost and coverage.

Price increases happen because the providers of these pharmaceutical products have the power to do so because taxpayers foot the bill.

I want to put this in the context of the 320 million people who live in our country.

This legislation reforms Medicare to give physicians additional incentives to treat patients with chronic diseases in their homes.

Choice and competition are essential to bringing down costs, and we ought to prioritize moving the needle on increasing choice and competition in the marketplace.

I would hope that the era of just moving forward on something partisan in a rush has stopped...

The Trump administration has taken multiple steps to undercut the Affordable Care Act by impeding outreach and enrollment efforts.

You know, I would start with where Senator Wyden has been focused, on transparency and making sure that the American taxpayer, who is actually paying the cost of these drugs, and the American consumer, knows what is happening, where the…

There are only two ways to hold people accountable for costs at the end of the day: you can have a consumer-driven system or a government-driven system.

But it just seems to me that sunlight would be an antiseptic here that would really make a difference.

What we have said on a bipartisan basis is, we are going to be there for communities that suffer.

Thus far, the number-one request from the States has been for reinsurance.