It is absolutely key to the kind of work we anticipate doing in a bipartisan way to work on tax reform.

I think we all understand that about two-thirds of the American economy is now driven by the consumer.

We have focused on growing American workers' paychecks, putting more dollars into their pocket.

In an era that we are living in of such extreme levels of income inequality, it is appropriate for the tax code to become even more progressive.

The challenge of tax reform can go one of two ways.

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

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

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.

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.

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?'

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…

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.

It turned the impossible into the possible. It was modern, it was targeted, and it found smart ways to spark economic growth.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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