Ron Wyden

The code punishes middle-class wage-earners by taxing their income at a higher rate than investments.

The tax code also needs to encourage more investment in the U.S.

The only thing I would say, Dr. Tyson--my time has expired--on the proposal that Senator Coats and Senator Gregg and I put together which protects those middle-class breaks, the people at Money magazine took our form, 30 lines long, 30-31…

One of the ways I think we can get people seriously interested in reform is just to tell them, we could get rid of this mess.

It makes a lot more sense to take the proven, modern approach to tax reform, an approach that I would summarize in a sentence: let us give everybody in America the chance to get ahead.

I strongly support every infrastructure project that passes a rigorous cost-benefit test based on national criteria.

We need to finance that in a sustainable way. Let us finance it by a carbon tax, which casts a broader net than a gasoline tax.

You cannot have big league economic growth with little league infrastructure.

Maybe we will generate a few billion dollars worth of sales.

I think right now it is sort of seen as root canal work and just kind of an academic exercise.

There truly is a bipartisan window now for tax reform.

Well, I will tell you, when you mention infrastructure, the first thing they say is, 'Why can't we get that part of the freeway fixed?'

Right at the heart of this debate is reducing the distortions, the economic distortions, that are brought about through this economic straightjacket of a tax code that we have today.

Just like in 1986, it's time again to give fair tax treatment to wages and wealth.

I'm encouraged by the rule that you all have put out to stop companies from using subsidiaries to dodge the royalty payments.

The system of funding how we fight wildfires is just broken.

There is so much support, for example, for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, making it permanent, fully funded.

It is particularly important that we get mandatory funding for PILT back.

It's my highest priority for that rural area. I mean, they have been so hard hit.

I think it is helpful to have on record that if the Congress passes the legislation ending bulk collection you and the other intelligence agencies can go forward doing the important work to deal with the threats to this country.

We've got to focus on approaches that work.

If there's one obvious similarity between 1986 and today, it's that people are quick to say tax reform is impossible.

Congress and President Reagan came together to pass the 1986 Tax Reform Act based on what I call principled bipartisanship.

Reforming the tax code is always a Herculean task, but the same strategy of principled bipartisanship can work again today.

I have thought for a long time that this insanely complicated tax code plays right into the hands of the special interests and the lobbyists.