Sheldon Whitehouse

The number you used of an eight percent tax rate for the 400 biggest tax filers... means that those super-wealthy tax filers are paying lower tax rates than their limo drivers.

That has to stop, not just as a matter of economic probity, but as a matter of simple decency and justice.

Ending tax breaks for corporations sending profits offshore and outsourcing American jobs reduces the deficit by over a trillion dollars.

It is decidedly not a budget for creepy billionaires and fossil fuel overlords. It is a budget for families.

The Biden budget would guarantee up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.

A budget is a statement of values. It makes clear what we prioritize.

I think it needs to transform a good deal, because if you have an appellate decision that stands on what events have proven to be utterly false facts...

Motive matters, right?

A lot of historians took a look at that and said, 'That is junk history. That is not real.'

Citizens United was another one. They said, 'Don't worry about it. All the unlimited spending we're going to unleash is going to be independent of candidates, and it's going to be transparent.'

Climate change will likely become a source of shocks to the financial system that would lead to declines.

As Warren Buffet famously observed, he paid lower tax rates than his office staff.

That has to stop, not just as a matter of economic probity, but as a matter of simple decency and justice.

The number you used of an eight percent tax rate for the 400 biggest tax filers... means that those super-wealthy tax filers are paying lower tax rates than their limo drivers.

It is the product of the power of big special interests and wealthy donors, and enormous amounts of money go out the back door of the Tax Code to benefit the wealthiest corporations and people in this country.

It is decidedly not a budget for creepy billionaires and fossil fuel overlords.

A budget is a statement of values. It makes clear what we prioritize.

The Biden budget would guarantee up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.

Ending tax breaks for corporations sending profits offshore and outsourcing American jobs reduces the deficit by over a trillion dollars.

I think it needs to transform a good deal, because if you have an appellate decision that stands on what events have proven to be utterly false facts...

Citizens United was another one. They said, 'Don't worry about it. All the unlimited spending we're going to unleash is going to be independent of candidates, and it's going to be transparent.'

Motive matters, right?

Prudence should be our watch word it seems.

I want to thank Senator Padilla and Senator Lujan for recommending witnesses to us.

I want to particularly thank Commissioner Serna, as a government official, for coming here to tell the story of her county and her experience in New Mexico.