"I hope you're confirmed, I'm planning to support you."
"If you are confirmed, will you commit to the timely public release of all semi-annual reports?"
"Senator Wyden has proposed, is a really smart move."
"Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon is crafting a plan that would hit oil companies with a new surtax if their profit margin is higher than 10 percent."
"The wealthy are disproportionately causing the tax cheating problem."
"I have proposed the billionaire income tax, which would mean that billionaires would pay taxes every year."
"The American people say, 'Not interested. Don't want to do that.'"
"Cut Social Security benefits--we are against that. We are plain, straightforward against that."
"We are for saving Social Security."
"The majority of increases in life expectancy have been to those in the top half of the income distribution, and meanwhile Black and Hispanic workers, low-wage workers, working without a college degree..."
"We're entering a new era where the Chinese model, if you will, of the so-called panopticon surveillance state is now being globalized."