Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said Monday in the Capitol that he will press for the boldest health-care bill he can after taking over as Senate Finance Committee chairman next year, without committing to Medicare for All¹.

The comments came in a briefing covered by States Newsroom's D.C. bureau and republished across partner sites¹. Wyden, a Democrat, told reporters he supports legislation that would replace private insurers with a Medicare-like program for all Americans but said he needed time to talk with colleagues¹.

"I'm sure that when I get out and talk to my colleagues, there's going to be differing views on the issue," Wyden said, according to Arkansas Advocate¹.

He described the current insurance system as broken and in need of a major overhaul, without saying when or how the committee would act¹. He said he was looking at a bill from independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont that would require Medicare to cover vision, hearing and dental care¹.

Asked whether he could meet his goals while the Senate still requires 60 votes to advance most bills, Wyden did not answer directly, States Newsroom reported¹. The account noted that the filibuster could block much of the agenda Democrats campaigned on in the midterms¹.

Wyden also said he wants to permanently extend the child tax credit and thinks President Donald Trump might support that change¹. He said he hopes to overturn tariffs Trump has placed on Canada by assembling a coalition large enough to override a veto¹.

On taxes, he said he would push a proposal requiring billionaires to pay a tax like everyone else¹. For oversight, he said the committee would look at Wall Street banks that had Jeffrey Epstein as a client and at pharmaceutical and insurance companies¹.

Committee lawyers are examining a deal Trump struck with his administration to exempt himself from future IRS audits, Wyden said, adding that he wants to end that arrangement¹. No White House or Republican Finance member response was included in the States Newsroom account¹.