Ron Wyden

I urge opposition to the Scott proposal. Vote on Motion to Commit The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion to commit.

I gather that this is the first of the motions to commit this legislation back to committee. I want my colleagues to understand what this is really all about. These motions to commit are motions to kill this bill, period. And what that…

A commercial lawn mower could qualify as mobile machinery, since it performs a similar operation to the purposes listed in the statute. Therefore, if such a vehicle met the other criteria for the qualified commercial clean vehicle credit…

Yes, we believe that Treasury will have authority to issue regulations dealing with potential issues with the ordering of the calculation of the credit under section 53 and the tax under section 59A. Regulations such as these would be in…

I thank the Senator for his inquiry. That is correct. The credit is intended for any eligible components produced and sold after December 31, 2022, regardless of the portion of the component that was produced before January 1, 2023.

I thank the Senator for his inquiry and can clarify that, for purposes of the corporate alternative minimum tax, Other Comprehensive Income is not included in financial statement income.

Yes, regulations such as these would be in line with the legislative text and our intent for companies to be able to appropriately utilize foreign tax credits in the corporate alternative minimum tax.

I thank the Senator for her inquiry. That is correct. The credit is intended to incentivize production of biofuels of a certain quality, usable as fuel for highway vehicles or aircrafts, but not limited only to fuels which are actually…

I thank the Senator for his inquiry and can clarify that the Senator is correct that the current-law limitations that generally apply to tax credits under section 38 would not reduce the amount of credits eligible for transfer by the…

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?

In my view, reports from Inspectors General should be public.

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.

I have proposed the billionaire income tax, which would mean that billionaires would pay taxes every year.

The wealthy are disproportionately causing the tax cheating problem.

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, and those working in physically…

Cut Social Security benefits--we are against that. We are plain, straightforward against that.

The American people say, 'Not interested. Don't want to do that.'

Frankly, I've been deeply troubled by the trends over the last 10 or 15 years where major studios, because of China's rapidly growing theater market, are reluctant to depict any negative depictions of China in movies.

Would it be fair to say you believe legislation requiring disclosure of beneficial ownership of these very large investment vehicles would make the CFIUS review process more thorough and efficient?

Internet censorship, whether at the hands of the Chinese government or nominally private companies not only undermines free speech and human rights, but has an economic impact on companies who can't or won't be able to participate in…

That really is what you are left with is just flailing about trying to find open source, when, if we had government doing its job and insisting on disclosure and insisting on accountability, you would have that information.

We're entering a new era where the Chinese model, if you will, of the so-called panopticon surveillance state is now being globalized.