Ron Wyden

Everyone here, regardless of political views, understands that the FDIC, the Fed, and the Treasury Department are putting in long hours to contain the fallout of the recent bank closures.

Meanwhile Republicans continue to push to make Trump's 2017 tax cut for the rich permanent.

The President's budget would impose a minimum tax of 25 percent on total income, inclusive of unrealized capital gains.

Those promises are piling up, but their numbers aren't adding up.

Prioritization of debt ceiling payments is just unworkable.

We are concerned that the development of the beneficial ownership rule has been far less than we had hoped.

One of the most important steps the Congress can take now is make sure there are no questions about the full faith and credit of the United States.

Potentially deadly serious.

They're living way out in la-la land.

That a great number of us on this committee signed to the Acting Director of FinCEN.

President Biden is absolutely right when he says that the tax system in America is deeply unfair.

I am glad to see the President agrees that we need to put an end to two tax codes.

Helping working families and the middle class get ahead and reducing the deficit at the same time are not mutually exclusive.

We feel very strongly about protecting all those firefighters and nurses and all the small business people.

But it actually refers to pretty devastating stuff, does it not?

Free trade agreements cannot be unilaterally decided by the executive branch.

The short answer is 'no.' Not even close.

The Finance Committee will come to order, and we are happy to welcome the Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, this morning.

I would like for them to have that feeling of relief once again.

We made the biggest investment in climate change in American history last year.

Senator Whitehouse was always out there making the case.

The Fire Funding Fix made a tremendous difference, and I could not agree more.

The classification system is now at the point where... it's not serving national security.

I think it'd be very good if you could tell the American people why it's important that this past use not be a disqualification to serve your country.

We made the biggest investment in climate change in American history last year.