Ron Wyden

Over the years serving on this committee, I have walked away with the judgment that you usually don't see a single factor dictating oil prices.

I don't think you were here when I laid out this point that the Wall Street Journal talked about.

I don't think you see just one. But clearly in past debates, I think short shrift has been given to this question of financial markets.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to the panel.

To those who say that this resolution doesn't go far enough, I ask, why have the friends of secrecy fought so hard for so long to allow Senators to anonymously block legislation and nominations? The fact is this resolution deals with a…

That seems like a commonsense approach to me. I thank my colleague for his help on secret holds. We are achieving a big victory for transparency at the beginning of this Congress.

Our resolution turns the Notice of Intent to Object calendar into a one-stop shop for recording information about objections made to covered requests. At the same time, some have asked us--what happens if a matter that had been objected to…

I thank the Senator from Iowa, because with this colloquy he has laid it out very well. The fact is we have been at this so that it sometimes feels as though it has been the longest running battle since the Trojan War, given the fact we…

I thank the Senator because I think that is an important point because the bipartisan resolution clearly establishes the responsibility of all Senators to go public with their holds and the understanding that the leaders will not honor…

As Senator Grassley has said, Senator Grassley, Senator McCaskill, and I have always maintained that there is no legitimate reason for Senators to keep holds they have placed with their leaders secret for any period of time. In fact, for…

But when you look at these contracts, that's why I went to the SEC filing.

Should the Congress consider some sort of special approach to ensure that there's accountability with the contractors.

The problem has been that the contractors hide behind the lease holders and try to shield themselves from liability.

I think your report is full of important recommendations.

I would much prefer to do it in concert working with you than trying to go forward myself.

I am of the view that part of the frank thinking is considering the financial cost to American taxpayers.

I think the Europeans ought to do more to defend themselves in the future.

I just think this is a big issue that does not get talked about much.

The No. 1 thing that I admire so much about your plan is you take away the incentive to move things offshore.

I just think, having read a lot of the excellent work you have done, you share my view that not repeating in the lame duck session of 2012 what we had in 2010.

We are going to need some proposals quickly on how people at this table might come together behind it.

Permanence is the way to go.

I want U.S. companies to be as competitive as possible in this global economy.

I do not think that we want to concede China or Asia or Europe or any of these other emerging markets to our foreign competitors.

I think that there may be an opportunity to look at repatriation if it was part of tax reform.