One of the things that I have experienced in my time in the Senate is the extent to which Congress is responsive to big special interests and to extremely wealthy individuals.

I watched that get dramatically worse after the Citizens United decision, when wealthy special interests could spend unlimited amounts of money in politics.

Simple fairness is reason enough to end this rigged system.

If I may interrupt the distinguished Senator from Alaska for 1 minute to do some closing business and then leave her the floor. ____________________

I am here for now the 21st in my series of speeches about the scheme to capture and control our Supreme Court, a scheme to which rightwing special interests have devoted hundreds of millions of dark money dollars. The ingredients in this…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of Senator Murkowski, to whom I express gratitude for her courtesy. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

Political spending that is not transparent is corrupting.

If we allow companies and wealthy Americans to avoid paying taxes by going offshore, we can assume that they will follow that incentive.

the Citizens United decision of the Supreme Court posited something that I have no disagreement with, which is, that if big political spending is not transparent, it is corrupting.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so…

Mike, I would actually really like working with you on this. As you know, there's substantial overlap in our thinking and in our experience.

This is about the tax injustices that are presently baked into our Tax Code.

Senator Whitehouse's proposal and his sponsored legislation shows one promising path forward.

The tax-dodging also blows a hole in our federal budget.

To run an unjust tax system that creates bigger deficits for the sake of wealthy political influence is not a good place for the United States of America to be.

This combination of huge amounts of political money flowing into the system from big special interests kept secret from the American public, has dramatically added to the long-term difficulty of trying to have fairness in Congress.

You're providing them better health care.

I further ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of…

On behalf of the majority leader, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions introduced earlier today: S. Res. 160, 161, and 162. There being no objection, the…

I think we have a problem of economic injustice.

I think it is extremely important that we decorrupt and derottenize our Tax Code.

The tax-dodging also blows a hole in our federal budget.

To run an unjust tax system that creates bigger deficits for the sake of wealthy political influence is not a good place for the United States of America to be.

Simple fairness is reason enough to end this rigged system.

This is about the tax injustices that are presently baked into our Tax Code.