"I think it would be a big shot in the arm again to pass tax reform."
"We have gone back to the drawing board, and Senator Hoeven and I, in particular, have come up with a new concept."
"We all know you cannot have big league economic growth with little league transportation systems."
"Where is the sense of urgency to pursue it?"
"I would only say, respectfully, that to characterize this as being in the early stages--when you look at all that has been done, we have had one report after another, whether it is the Bowles-Simpson ..."
"We might generate $6 billion/$8 billion worth of projects, and the chairman and colleagues on both sides said, well, it is worth a try."
"Now, I would like to see us, particularly by closing some of the loopholes in the system, get lower than that."
"I would like to see a sense of urgency, particularly because this is so directly related to job creation, as we saw the last time it was done."
"It seems to me all of you are, in effect, articulating the position that a simpler tax code that makes it easier to comply and harder to cheat is going to be better for the vast majority of Americans ..."
"when I take out the $1 trillion worth of tax expenditures, they seem to go to a small number of these special interests."
"would it not make for a simpler system to, in effect, root those out and ensure fairness for everybody."