Ron Wyden

The tax system in this country does not work for millions of Americans, particularly working-class people who drive this economy.

It is a very important point you make, that these errors that they have said they have made have not been corrected.

Words matter. Yes, deeds matter even more.

I advocated tripling the standard deduction.

Reagan-style tax reform fights complexity by fighting unfairness.

I surely hope that they are listening to this discussion up at the White House, because right now one of the critical challenges is, up at the White House, there has been a big gap between words and deeds.

The President's plan gives those folks no crumbs, using the most partisan approach.

There is a blueprint for bipartisan comprehensive tax reform that works, and it is picking up on some of the ideas of the late President Reagan.

They will be taxed twice on the same income if State and local deductions are eliminated.

Tax reform in 2017 ought to be an opportunity to put money back into the paychecks of the cop and the nurse and working families.

These kinds of ethical issues just keep coming up.

We remain opposed to attempts in this Congress to enact substantial cuts to Medicaid.

The administration can't give a straight answer as to whether it'll cut off cost sharing payments, and it's already forcing insurers to raise rates.

You know, I would start with where Senator Wyden has been focused, on transparency and making sure that the American taxpayer, who is actually paying the cost of these drugs, and the American consumer, knows what is happening, where the…

I would hope that the era of just moving forward on something partisan in a rush has stopped...

There are only two ways to hold people accountable for costs at the end of the day: you can have a consumer-driven system or a government-driven system.

Transparency is an important first step.

But it just seems to me that sunlight would be an antiseptic here that would really make a difference.

Thus far, the number-one request from the States has been for reinsurance.

The chairman has been clear that he wants our committee to work on a bipartisan basis to help shape the future of Americans' health care.

If States believe they have a plan that raises the bar for health care in terms of cost and coverage, rather than lowering it, they ought to have a chance to try it out.

The record, the actual factual record, does not show that.

What we have said on a bipartisan basis is, we are going to be there for communities that suffer.

This legislation reforms Medicare to give physicians additional incentives to treat patients with chronic diseases in their homes.

We commend the Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch and Ranking Member Ron Wyden for recently introducing legislation, S. 1827.