Wyden Joins Brown on Senate Floor to Protect $1,400 Relief Payments from Predatory Private Debt Collectors
Video Available Here Mr. President. I rise in support of the legislation offered by Senator Brown and myself to protect $1,400 relief payments from being garnished by predatory private debt collectors. Millions of American families are hanging on by a thread. They are counting on these payments to pay rent and buy groceries. Now, Senator […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Forced Labor
The United States is a country with a lot of economic and political muscle. The country should use that muscle to fight for American jobs and workers. It should also use it, whenever possible, to improve the lives of powerless people around the world. It’s not every day you have an opportunity to talk about […]
Wyden Statement on Extending Tax Filing Deadline
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the IRS extending the tax filing deadline: “This filing season has been particularly challenging for low-income taxpayers and small tax preparers as they navigate the pandemic, and I support extending the filing deadline for individuals to May 17. With Democrats enacting tax […]
Wyden, Baldwin, Van Hollen, Bennet, Booker Introduce Bill to Jumpstart Economic Recovery, Fund Six Months of Wages
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory A. Booker, D-N.J., today introduced legislation to jumpstart the economic recovery by immediately financing six months of wages and supportive services for eligible jobless workers. “This economic crisis […]
Wyden Statement on Senate Floor on Vote to Confirm Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary
Mr. President, the Senate will soon vote on the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Moving this nomination forward required an additional procedural step and more floor debate than others, so I’ll make just a few quick points. First, not in our lifetimes has the […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Nursing Homes
The U.S. is now a full year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccinations are up. Americans are beginning to feel encouraged. Yet so many families – hundreds of thousands spread across the country – are unable to share in the sense of uplift about what’s to come because they are mourning loved ones they’ve lost. Over […]
Wyden Statement on New Report on Election Interference
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to the Intelligence Community Assessment on “Foreign Threats to the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections:” “The report confirms what we have long known—Russian intelligence operatives promoted wild conspiracy theories about allegedly corrupt activities in Ukraine, including through direct outreach to senior U.S. […]
Bipartisan, Bicameral Members of Congress Urge Biden Administration to Finalize Organ Procurement Reforms
Washington, D.C. – A coalition of congressional leaders from the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today urged the Biden administration to finalize a rule to reform the organ procurement system in the United States. The letter, sent to Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Norris Cochran was […]
Wyden Statement on Senate Floor on Nomination of Katherine Tai to be USTR
Madam President, the Senate will shortly take a procedural vote on the nomination of Katherine Tai to serve as the next U.S. Trade Representative. If you watched any of Ms. Tai’s nomination hearing before the Finance Committee, you know she’s got a lot of fans on both sides of the Senate. I expect my colleagues […]
Wyden, Stabenow, Bennet Preparing Legislation to Incentivize Domestic Manufacturing
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., today released the following statement on their effort to draft legislation to incentivize domestic manufacturing: “Investments in manufacturing and clean energy must be the foundation of our long-term economic recovery. Achieving that goal requires investing […]