Ron Wyden

The next IRS Commissioner is going to be in charge of administering a tax system that is broken in two.

The president tweeted that the U.S. should forget about due process rights for immigrants, essentially an endorsement of judging people by the color of their skin.

The government is ransoming these children by telling their parents they can have their kids back if they agree to leave the country.

The American people are owed an answer about what's going to be done to protect the thousands of children the Trump administration separated from their mothers and fathers.

There's a lot to cover this morning. I'll get to rescuing Americans who are getting mugged by their prescription drug bills, as well as the administration gutting safeguards for those with preexisting conditions.

President Trump and I have committed to the American people that we will work to lower the list prices of prescription drugs.

I mean, no matter whether we are talking about 2,053 or 2,047, it is going to take you months and months and months to bring these kids back to their parents and back to safety.

I do not think you are going to fix the problem of skyrocketing prescription drug bills if your former industry colleagues get off the hook by your signaling at a hearing like this that you hope that something might happen.

Well, Mr. Secretary, I just want to wrap up with one other very disturbing aspect of the hearing.

Mr. Secretary, you are a smart fellow and good at this, but that is not what you said.

Then let us make sure we understand what these conversations are all about. You do not see them as negotiating about anything.

So it is not correct.

I have your exact quote here--you said this morning you hope that the big drug companies will exercise pricing restraint.

My time is up. You did not answer the question. I asked about Part D changes.

After a year and a half in office, I do not see any evidence of this administration taking real action until possibly January 1, 2020, a thousand days after the President said drug companies were getting away with murder.

I would like to hold the record open so you can tell me specifically as of today how many parents were told where their kids are.

The American people have been getting lots of deception, lots of rosy answers, not many facts.

I look forward to working with you in a bipartisan way.

I am going to get to rescuing Americans who are getting mugged by their prescription drug bills.

It is certainly relevant to discuss President Trump's behavior toward the Russians and towards our allies

One of the best ways to be able to push back on Russian attacks on our democracy is to have a lot of allies close to us

It is, in my view, inexcusable that our democracy depends on such hackable voting technology made by a handful of companies that have been able to evade oversight.

Its most obvious accomplishment on trade is sowing economic chaos that's united our allies and China against us.

It undermines the credibility of our negotiators, it makes it harder to work in a bipartisan way in Congress.

When it comes to trade, Americans have a right to know that it's their best interests Trump administration officials are looking out for at the negotiating table.