Ron Wyden

I just want to make it clear that my door is open.

We want to derail this ill-advised House proposal to not make things worse.

We want to work in a bipartisan way on both of the big issues of our time.

The number one issue in the confirmation hearings for the Commissioner was this overpayment question.

It would make it harder to do the bipartisan work on overpayments that we talked about in the Finance Committee.

The ultra-wealthy are avoiding those $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.

I am here as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle

The American people do not want to see that happen to the Social Security guarantee.

The question for the Congress and for the Senate is do we want to take the steps that the Chairman outlined

We Democrats know that the ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.

I said everybody has got to pay their fair share. No special exemptions for billionaires.

If Republicans want to come up with a proposal that restores solvency while avoiding benefit cuts, as the standing ovation at the State of the Union promised, Democrats are all ears.

We want to work in a bipartisan way on both of the big issues of our time.

The number one issue in the confirmation hearings for the Commissioner was this overpayment question.

And I want my colleague to know I will work with him on it, because that was going to be my question.

We want to derail this ill-advised House proposal to not make things worse.

We Democrats know that the ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.

I just want to make it clear that my door is open.

It would make it harder to do the bipartisan work on overpayments that we talked about in the Finance Committee.

I am here as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle...

The question for the Congress and for the Senate is do we want to take the steps that the Chairman outlined...

I said everybody has got to pay their fair share. No special exemptions for billionaires.

I absolutely think the public has a strong interest.

I think in a democracy it's important that our laws be transparent and public to the maximum extent possible.

I think the laws have got to be public, and that means basically someone ought to be able to sit in a coffee shop somewhere and read a public law because that's what our system depends on.