Ron Wyden

I'm--I'm--I'm glad you made that--that point because not all Medicare advantage plans are created equal.

Okay. A--as you know, our theory is give everybody in America a chance to get ahead. And that is what the menu's all about.

Before he retired, the late Orrin Hatch and I said, Medicare today is not the Medicare we had when we were coming up.

So Chairman Hatch and I wrote what I think is a transformational update of the Medicare guarantee.

It is mostly about chronic illness, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and not just acute care.

The ultra-wealthy can fire off a text to their accountant and say, make sure I don't pay income or payroll taxes this year.

If the ultra-wealthy paid their fair share of taxes, there wouldn't be such a serious Medicare shortfall.

I thank my colleague for all his leadership, and I am certainly planning to speak on the very strong merits of what you described. And if you would like to continue, we will go through that shortly. Would the gentleman like to yield to me?

I welcome the bipartisan commitment not to cut Social Security, but it's not rock solid.

The people who care are firefighters and nurses and teachers because they pay taxes with every single paycheck.

Consistently our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are writing tax legislation that gives billionaires a free pass.

What Republicans don't tell the billionaires... is that billionaires often don't report income close to $400,000.00 because they live off their borrowings.

I welcome the bipartisan commitment not to cut Social Security, but it's not rock solid.

What Republicans don't tell the billionaires... is that billionaires often don't report income close to $400,000.00 because they live off their borrowings.

Consistently our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are writing tax legislation that gives billionaires a free pass.

The people who care are firefighters and nurses and teachers because they pay taxes with every single paycheck.

There is no other way to honor our promise to older Americans to retire with dignity.

The people who care are firefighters and nurses and teachers because they pay taxes with every single paycheck.

I welcome the bipartisan commitment not to cut Social Security, but it's not rock solid.

Consistently our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are writing tax legislation that gives billionaires a free pass.

What Republicans don't tell the billionaires... is that billionaires often don't report income close to $400,000.00 because they live off their borrowings.

With that, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair. There being no objection, the Senate, at 3:49 p.m., recessed subject to the call of the Chair and reassembled at 5:17 p.m. when…

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