I emphasize the word 'any' to remind our nominees the chairman and I expect nominees confirmed by this committee to provide prompt responses to questions from any member of the committee, Republican or Democrat.

I believe this is a disgrace. I believe it is deeply undemocratic.

Our current tax code creates several major obstacles to middle-income job creation.

This is a disgrace, and it is deeply undemocratic.

Our obligation to perform vigorous oversight is derived from the powers laid out in article 1 of the Constitution.

I will repeat the last part: it is 'any Senator of the committee,' not any Senator of the committee with an 'R' next to their name.

today the Senate will vote on the nomination of Courtney Elwood to be CIA general counsel. This is an important job that got even more important in the past week. As I will explain, this position may play a crucial role in determining…

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for asking those questions, as we both feel it has been a bipartisan tradition in the Finance Committee for the chairman to ask those four questions to every nominee, regardless of which party holds the…

The United States has the best credit in the world because investors believe the government will always honor those commitments

we shouldn't risk the full faith and credit of the United States to address the debt limit

We can have both [security and liberty].

I think that is a very, very damaging position to stake out.

I want to acknowledge an exciting moment in Oregon's history: the grand opening of the new Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education in Portland. The 15,000-square-foot museum now has a permanent place in our State where…

today I wish to pay tribute to Judge Michael H. Bennett. Judge Bennett will be retiring in May 2017 after serving 28 years as an immigration judge. Former Oregon Governor Tom McCall once said, ``Heroes are not giant statues framed against…

I would like to take a few minutes today and share with my colleagues an extraordinary piece of our country's World War II and civil rights history: the story of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion--or the Triple Nickles, as they would…

what the American people demand of us is bipartisan cooperation on taxes, health care, and the many other issues that affect their daily lives.

the American people demand that we work in a bipartisan way on the issues that are important to them

you cannot enforce the tax laws on the books now.

the math behind this plan would make Bernie Madoff blush.

We have to ensure that we have a bipartisan process.

If this plan was built for a middle-class tax cut, then Trump Tower was built for middle-class housing.

I would surely like to see, as we have talked about, more specifics, because I do not see how your plan does not blow a multi-trillion-dollar hole in the deficit.

the one-pager puts forward numbers that do not come close to adding up.

The lack of clarity here is just causing turmoil.

Eliminating the estate tax and opening a new, mile-wide loophole for the wealthy to exploit passthrough status is a prescription for more inequality in America.