Wyden, Brown Praise U.S. Customs Order Blocking Certain Chinese Products Made With Forced Labor, Call for Additional Steps to Crack Down on Human Rights Abuses
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today issued the following statement on a withhold release order by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, blocking certain goods produced with forced labor in China’s Xinjiang province. “Today’s order is a positive step towards stemming the flow of goods made with forced […]
Wyden Statement on Final HHS Rule to Allow Sweeping Taxpayer-funded Discrimination Nationwide
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allowing its grantees to deny services – including foster care and adoption, youth homelessness, pre-K programs, public health programs and more – on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status: “From day one, […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Administration Approval of Tennessee Medicaid Waiver
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration approved a Medicaid waiver in Tennessee that would allow the state to make harmful changes to their program: “Block grant waivers that slash Medicaid funding to states, gut health care and jeopardize benefits like Medicaid nursing home care that […]
Wyden Statement on the Treasury Department Imposing Sanctions on Andriy Telizhenko
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to the Treasury Department imposing sanctions on Andriy Telizhenko: “The Treasury Department today identified additional foreign nationals involved in a larger conspiracy to influence the 2020 presidential election. The decision to impose sanctions on Andriy Telizhenko for his role in […]
Democratic Health Leaders Call On Trump To Abandon Proposed Rule Changes Making Health Care More Expensive And More Difficult To Access
Washington, D.C. – House and Senate Democratic health care leaders called on the Trump administration to rescind policies in a proposed rule that would allow states to end the use of Healthcare.gov and state exchanges to enroll consumers in coverage. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee […]
Wyden Statement on the Disbursement of Unemployment Benefits
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the disbursement of unemployment benefits: “The Labor Department has told states they are able to pay all benefits for the week of December 27. I greatly appreciate the Labor Department taking advantage of available flexibilities as it was urged to do. […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Signing COVID Relief Bill
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on reports that President Trump has signed the COVID relief bill: “Donald Trump’s tantrum has resulted in a lapse in unemployment benefits, and cost millions of jobless workers a week’s worth of income. On top of that, there could be a weeks-long […]
Wyden Statement on Imminent Lapse of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Due to Trump Tantrum
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the imminent lapse of unemployment insurance benefits: “Jobless benefits for 12 million workers lapse today because Donald Trump is throwing a tantrum. Jobless workers will have no income to pay the rent due in five days. The stakes couldn’t be higher. […]
Wyden, Casey Call on Trump Administration to Publicize Data on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution to Nursing Homes
High Stakes in Vaccine Campaign as More Than 115,000 Residents and Workers in Long-term Care Facilities Have Died From COVID-19 Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Bob Casey, D-Pa., today called on the Trump administration to make public data on vaccine distribution and administration […]
Wyden Statement Following Treasury and IRS Briefing on SolarWinds Hack
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement after Finance Committee staff was briefed by the Treasury Department and IRS on the SolarWinds hack: “Finance Committee staff was briefed today on the SolarWinds hack, and I appreciate Treasury and IRS officials sharing what they know as they continue to learn […]