Ron Wyden

I would like to be a good ally to Senator Cassidy as we try to solve this problem.

Your letter to auto executives, Chairman Wyden, was an important wake-up call for the industry.

We've got to close the flow of these drugs over our southern border.

For some time I've talked about the two-tiered tax system in America: one for firefighters, nurses, and teachers, whose taxes come straight out of their paychecks; another for billionaires and high-flyers, who to a great extent can pay…

Improving technology and staffing up the customer service side of the IRS is a big win for law-abiding families and small businesses.

I think the President made an excellent choice with his nomination.

If confirmed, Mr. Werfel, you must be the change agent we have long been promised.

I want people to be successful, but I think we all ought to be paying our fair share.

We have a big difference of opinion in this room, no question about that.

When you have audit rates that are so much higher for the person of modest means than they are for wealthy, that does not pass the smell test in terms of fairness.

As Oliver Wendell Holmes said, taxes are essential to a civilized society.

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS is getting the resources it needs to go after tax cheating by the big guys: the wealthy and corporations.

I am particularly proud of the fact that this committee helped to break the gridlock on the gun safety legislation.

There is a difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion.

I believe the President made an excellent choice with his nomination.

I thank my colleague. I understand full well because between the Foreign Relations Committee and the Finance Committee, we have these kinds of challenges very, very frequently. I very much appreciate working with my colleague and look…

Colleagues, I would strongly urge opposition to the Scott motion. The Scott motion would strip funding the IRS needs very much to go after wealthy tax cheats who are refusing to pay taxes they already owe. The most recent IRS Commissioner…

You have stated it well. It would mean that when you sunset it, you would have to have a brand-new fight to reestablish its primacy as a guarantee. You sunset it.

My colleague from Ohio is being way too logical because, you bet, what this essentially means is if you sunset it, the program and the benefits are not going to continue as they have. As you said, if people decide because of some…

Yes. What ``sunset'' means is you would unravel the basic principles of Social Security and Medicare. We don't subject them to annual or regular political fights. We have said that people have earned those benefits, and we aren't just…

I would be happy to and, particularly, so you can tell everybody again why you feel so strongly.

I am pleased to join the senior Senator from Nevada in this colloquy today to discuss sections 13701 and 13702 of the Inflation Reduction Act. These sections of the Inflation Reduction Act reflect the work of a variety of Members, but few…

The Senator from Georgia is absolutely right in his description of this moral abomination where the citizens he represents have no healthcare decency. And he is right that it stems from the decisions of Republican Governors. He is talking…

Once again, this sends the bill back to committee and kills Democratic efforts to reduce the cost of prescription medicine, reduce health insurance premiums, reduce carbon emissions, and crack down on wealthy tax cheats. And if you are a…

Unfortunately, this amendment is just bad news. This amendment lowers capital gains taxes, and it is more tax giveaways to the most fortunate. And if you are a wealthy tax cheat, you can rest easy because Republican budget cuts at the IRS…