"I'd love to hold a hearing on how do we simplify and rationalize our Tax Code"
"the fact that we don't tax worldwide income that sets up the whole complex issue of transfer payments."
"Let me also point out. If we would transition to cash-based income, it would simply be a timing difference."
"What would we potentially accomplish, for example, just moving to cash-based income?"
"I want to point out we have security clearances. It does not apply to us, so that is not an excuse for the administration not to turn classified material over to us."
"Administrations can ignore it with impunity. Why is that? Because Congress has allowed its oversight role to completely atrophy."
"It is a number you should know. It's worth 85 cents."
"What sparked 40-year high inflation?"
"So, you're proud of a 10-year budget that never reduces the deficit, never brings it down below basically $1.5 trillion. You're proud of that work?"
"I mean it's a fantasy if you make the rich pay their fair share, and by the way, the top 1 percent garner about 20 percent of the income and pay about 40 percent of the income tax."
"How are we ever going to recover from this?"