mr. wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. mr. wyden: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 5434 which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 5434, an act to provide an extension of federal aid highway, highway safety, and transit programs and for other purposes. the president pro tempore: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. wyden: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ord

mr. wyden: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. den: parliamentary inq inquiry, madam president, because i was trying to juggle two things at once. we're talking about the social security u.c. is that correct? the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. wyden: madam president, i reserve my right to object. as chairman of the senate finance committee and as a former director of the oregon great panthers, i take a back seat to no one when it comes to protecting americans' earned social security benefits. now, we know halloween sm right around the corner -- is right around the corner and families are getting ready for festivities, decorating their houses, picking out costumes and watching scary movies. my colleague from florida seems to be getting into the spirit of all this by telling the american people scary stories about vaccines threatening their social security benefits. i don't believe the american people are so easily tricked. this idea is fan t.s.a. cal -- fantastical and ridiculous as a vampire living under your bed. the fact

met yesterday morning to narrow what needs to be done and the chairman of the finance committee, mr. wyden

met yesterday morning to narrow what needs to be done and the chairman of the finance committee, mr. wyden, chairman of ways and means committee, mr. neal, have been working to that end. we had in our house bill which i was very proud of an increase in the corporate rate and increase in the capital gains and it was a very well received proposal because it wasn't punitive, it was fair. but we'll see what survives, prevails. >> what's your preference? do you have a preference? >> my preference is to follow the cooperation that the senate and house come to. >> madam speaker -- >> the next one is a woman, no matter who. >> you said -- yesterday morning you said some of the reporting about what was in and out of the bill was not accurate. is that because this bill is still in flux and does this have to be prebaked with the senate before you presenti it? does everything have to be nailed down with manchin and sinema. >> whatever it is you think i said, what i was saying is that instead of covering what is in the bill, you all seem to be on a jag about a few people. 96% of the house and senate de

mr. magnus: i do. sen. wyden: do you commit to prompt responses in writing if any senators in the committee address questions? mr. magnus: yes, i do. sen. wyden: alright, i will begin with a couple of questions and then yield to my colleagues. you have a significant enforcement role. particularly on the southern border, the ports of entry. and a big challenge from a humanitarian standpoint, given what has happened to countries in the western hemisphere. we have all seen the images of the border patrol agents expelling haitian migrants at the border in nothing about those images is acceptable or appropriate. during my visit to the southern border, i saw, and we talked about this, border patrol agents unable to interpret the immigration laws on the books correctly. so my question to you is, how are you going to go about making sure that the agents understand the immigration and refugee laws that are on the books and, number two, that they act humanely when enforcing them? mr. magnus: mr. chairman, thank you very mu

mr. wyden: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: thank you, mr. president. mr. president and colleagues, the senator's proposal, in effect, would be a game-winning touchdown for wealthy tax cheats. i.r.s. commissioner rettig, a republican appointee, came before the finance committee earlier this year and said the total amount of taxes evaded each year could be as high as a trillion dollars, cheating by those at the very top is one of the major causes of that huge tax gap. a big reason why is that the automatic reporting and strict rules that apply to the typical hardworking taxpayer nurses and firefighters, for example, they don't always apply to those at the top. that means that tax cheats are able to hide their cheating in the shadows. the senator's proposal would help him keep it that way. this proposal would make it extraordinarily difficult to collect the information necessary to crack down on the high-flying tax cheats. now, the argument against information reporting is always the same, and it's been consistently wrong.

wyden: chie, you have the support of 100% of arizona's united states senators and we will hear from other one. sen. kelly: thank you, mrairman. chairman mining -- wyden, reiki member crapo, thank you for holding this hearing. happy to be here today with sen. sinema to introduce tucson police chief chris magnus, who has been nominated to be the commissioner of customs and border protection as of southern arizona and. -- arizonan, she knows the importance of this post. arizona shares a 373 mile border with mexico. arizonans know that too often, washington is far removed from this reality. trying to secure the border and fix our broken immigration laws without knowing what is happening on the ground. washington has failed arizonans on this issue for decades. it has eroded trust in the system. that is right we welcome the nomination of chief magnus, a tusconan and law enforcement leader, to head customs and border protection because we need a smart approach of the border that is humane, orderly, and secure. we need someone at the helm with the experience and perspectives to implement those solutions. as we continue to over