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Ron Wyden

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Ron Wyden is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon, a position he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, Wyden has been a prominent advocate for civil liberties, healthcare reform, and technology policy. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as privacy rights, government surveillance, and access to healthcare, often emphasizing the importance of transparency and accountability in government actions.

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Oct 4, 2017

Getting more transparency in our trade policy has been a top priority for me.

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Oct 4, 2017

This administration, including the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, has fallen short on transparency and consultations with Congress, stakeholders, and the public.

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Oct 4, 2017

I believed I had a civic duty to vote in the election, and I believed I still had the ability...

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Oct 4, 2017

It is hard to understand how an attorney as accomplished and distinguished as Mr. Gerrish can walk out of his house in Maryland, travel a ways to Virginia, and cast a vote in that State without thinking there just may be an issue.

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Oct 4, 2017

I urge the use of Universal Second Factor (U2F) tokens to secure social security accounts.

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Oct 2, 2017

Apparently that mainstream economic analysis had to be purged since it didn't jibe with the Trump Team's patter.

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Oct 2, 2017

People at town halls tell me they want tough policies in place to stop companies from shipping jobs overseas.

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Oct 2, 2017

When Gary Cohn says he has put his first and final offer on the table and we are completely in the dark about details, that is stepping all over the history of successful tax reform, which is to do it in a bipartisan way.

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Oct 2, 2017

The mainstream consensus of economists is that overwhelmingly the benefit of corporate tax cuts goes not to the U.S. worker, but it goes to the shareholders.

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Oct 2, 2017

Now, I am not sure there is a precedent for it. But what I know is, we are going to hear an awful lot of talk about this magical growth fairy.

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Oct 2, 2017

It simply does not make good economic sense from either an efficiency or an equity perspective to give a big tax break for income that has already been earned and moved to tax havens.

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Oct 2, 2017

The Trump team says their international tax framework is about creating jobs and firing up the country's economic engine, but the details show that's just part of the con job being pulled on the middle class.

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Oct 2, 2017

If a territorial system is adopted, lawmakers should be very serious about tough base-erosion protection mechanisms.

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Oct 2, 2017

But the framework that was released last week does not resemble what Ronald Reagan accomplished.

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Oct 2, 2017

Do you believe tax cuts pay for themselves?

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Oct 2, 2017

This step will drain revenue from our tax system on a large scale.

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Oct 2, 2017

The Republican tax framework that has been okayed is essentially a corporate wish list, a massive rate cut.

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Oct 2, 2017

The administration is currently working to pick apart the rules that were designed to curb the scourge of inversions.

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Oct 2, 2017

I continue to believe that corporate integration by means of a dividends paid deduction can significantly help with some of our existing problems.

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Oct 2, 2017

After decades of increasing inequality and middle-class economic stagnation, tax policy should be working to counter, not reinforce these inequalities.

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Oct 2, 2017

Let us remember that every percentage point decrease in the corporate rate results in a loss of $100 billion in revenue.

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Oct 2, 2017

The details, however, show it is really a con job on America's middle class.

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Oct 2, 2017

I have respect for everybody on this committee.

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Oct 2, 2017

We need to keep budget flexibility so we are ready if another recession arrives.

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Oct 2, 2017

Bottom line, the President is giving multinationals a green light to pay no taxes.

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