Senate Democrats Push White House to Tie Relief Payments, Jobless Benefits to Economic Conditions in Build Back Better Plan
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Senator Ed Markey, D-Mass., Senator Cory A. Booker, D-N.J., Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Senator Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Senator […]
Wyden Statement on Minimum Wage “Plan B”
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on his ‘plan B’ to raise the minimum wage: “The American people elected Democrats to get things done, and they aren’t going to accept ‘process’ as an excuse for failing to deliver on an overwhelmingly popular policy. If you’re a single mom working […]
Wyden Statement on Efforts to Raise the Minimum Wage
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on efforts to raise the minimum wage: “While I am disappointed by today’s decision, it marks the beginning—not the end—of our efforts to raise the minimum wage for millions of hard-working Americans. We will continue to explore all legislative options—including a tax penalty […]
Wyden Statement on Labor Department Ensuring Access to Jobless Benefits
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Labor Department’s moves to ensure access to jobless benefits: “I pushed the Labor Department throughout last year to ensure workers whose health was at risk due to unsafe conditions, and workers who turned down job offers in unsafe conditions, would be […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on the Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of Health and Human Services
The Finance Committee meets this morning for the second of three nomination hearings this week. I’m pleased to welcome Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. With a pandemic raging, so many Americans struggling to get by, and our health care system strained to the max, […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on the Nomination of Wally Adeyemo to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Welcome everybody to Nominations Week here at the Finance Committee. For the first of three hearings, I’m pleased today to welcome to the committee Wally Adeyemo, who President Biden has nominated to serve as Deputy Treasury Secretary. This is one of the widest-ranging economic jobs in the executive branch, so there’s a lot for us […]
Wyden Welcomes Patricio Gonzalez to Finance Oversight Team
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today welcomed Patricio Gonzalez to the Senate Finance Committee Majority staff as a Senior Investigator on the oversight team. “I’m thrilled that Patricio has joined the Finance Committee staff. Patricio has nearly a decade of Capitol Hill experience, and has been involved in numerous high-profile […]
Wyden Statement on Nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to Lead CMS
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Biden administration announced the nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): “The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services is a key piece of the American health care system, overseeing the health coverage […]
Wyden, Cortez Masto, Senators Propose Funding to Improve Public Safety with Mobile Crisis Response Teams
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and six senators today proposed a bill to help states adopt mobile crisis response teams that can be dispatched when a person is experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder (SUD) crisis instead of immediately involving law enforcement. The […]
Wyden Welcomes Shawn Bishop to Lead Finance Health Team
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today welcomed Shawn Bishop to be Chief Health Advisor on the Senate Finance Committee Majority staff. “I’m thrilled to welcome Shawn back to the committee at this critical moment,” Wyden said. “Shawn was instrumental in the development of the Finance Committee’s prescription drug pricing legislation last Congress, […]