Wyden, Brown, Warner Unveil International Taxation Overhaul
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., today unveiled their framework to overhaul international taxation and invest in America by ensuring mega-corporations pay their fair share. The framework details an overhaul of three taxes Republicans created in their 2017 bill: Global Intangible Low-Taxed […]
Wyden, Warren, Brown, Casey, Smith Announce Plans to Introduce New Bill to Build Child Care Infrastructure and Availability
Senators will use respective positions on Finance Committee to urge action Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Tina Smith, D-Minn., announced that they plan to introduce a new bill allocating mandatory funding to build child care availability over the long term and […]
Wyden Statement on USTR Action in Burma
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on USTR’s decision to suspend a trade forum with Burma: “After the latest horrific bloody attack on civilians by Burma’s military junta, USTR is right to send the message that America won’t go ahead with business as usual. I applaud this and other […]
Wyden, Crapo, Casey, Scott Call on Biden Administration to Collect And Release Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccination Data
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Senate Aging Committee Chair Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., and Aging Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott, R-S.C., today asked the Biden administration to collect and make public data on COVID-19 vaccination rates in the nation’s nursing homes at the […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on U.S. International Tax Policy Impact on Jobs
The Finance Committee meets today to discuss international corporate taxes, and the 2017 Trump tax law will be a significant part of that discussion. The lesson of the Trump tax law is that somehow, you can spend hundreds of billions on multinational corporate tax handouts and not produce any lasting boost in jobs and investment. […]
Blumenauer and Wyden Introduce Legislation to Support Growing U.S. Kombucha Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced legislation to put a stop to unfair and outdated federal alcohol taxes on kombucha companies in Oregon and across the country. Specifically, the KOMBUCHA Act would ensure that kombucha beverages […]
Wyden Statement on New Report on Path Forward on Clean Energy
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the new Rhodium Group report: “Pathways to Build Back Better: Investing in 100% Clean Electricity:” “This new report calls for technology neutral tax credits, as envisioned in the Clean Energy for America Act, to be the linchpin in plans to move toward […]
Democrats Outline Unemployment Insurance Technology Priorities for American Rescue Plan Funds
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Representative Steven Horsford, D-Nev., today led a bicameral letter to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh outlining priorities for $2 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to overhaul unemployment insurance administration and technology. The 30 senators and members of Congress are requesting the administration use their […]
Wyden Statement on Biden Action to Roll Back State Medicaid Restrictions
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent letters to Arkansas and New Hampshire withdrawing federal approval of the states’ adoption of these burdensome restrictions on Medicaid: “This is a critical step towards demolishing the mountain of bureaucracy the Trump administration and Republican […]
Wyden Applauds Senate Vote to Confirm Xavier Becerra to be HHS Secretary
Video of Chair Wyden’s Earlier Floor Speech Available Here Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the Senate vote to confirm California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Becerra was approved by the Senate in a 50-49 vote. Wyden released the following statement: […]