There truly is a bipartisan window now for tax reform.

today I am proud to introduce the Secure Rural Schools and Payment in Lieu of Taxes Repair Act with my colleague Senator Crapo. The bill will ensure that counties across the nation will have three more years of Secure Rural Schools, SRS…

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.

The biggest lesson from 1986 is that tax reform is possible when Democrats and Republicans set partisanship aside.

When President Reagan signed the bill into law, he called it an 'historic overhaul of our tax code and a sweeping victory for fairness.'

If you could just reduce the difference between the way income from capital and the income from wages are treated, that would be a huge reform.

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.

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.

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

turning the impossible into the possible.

The two of you have told an inspiring story this morning about bipartisanship on a major economic issue.

Let us work for that.

The fact is, too many middle-class Oregonians are hurting.

I have been working 10 years to get to this spot. You have been here for 3 weeks.

Our job is to put America's middle class on solid economic ground, lift wages, and make sure that everybody benefits when the economy grows.

Those kind of efforts, particularly in terms of education, they are absolutely key to repairing this pretty tattered ladder of opportunity.

I am of the view that we grow the economy from the middle out, that you have to get the relief to a broad spectrum of middle-class Americans.

To me, there are sort of three entrants in the discussion.

There has to be a way to help the middle class who are hurting, like that auto worker, and get people out from under the bureaucratic water torture.

The Honorable Ron Wyden, Chairman

The budget obviously articulates the priorities of today, but it also talks a lot about what our priorities are for the future.

I think for families to have confidence that, when a loved one gets sick, their treatment is going to be targeted and precise based on their genetic make-up, this is pretty important.

Far too many people--including millions in Oregon and across the country--feel like they're falling behind as the economy picks up steam.