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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with the distinguished chairman of the Senate Committee on Budget, Senator Whitehouse. I want to ask for a clarification of H.R. 7032, the Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act and…

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

in a few minutes, Senators will vote on the Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act. There has been a lot of discussion and debate this week about it, and I will make just a few final points. Republicans are talking a lot these…

I ask unanimous consent that Janice Lepore, a fellow in our office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.