Wyden Seeks Data on Dramatic Decline In Child Trafficking Oversight at Trump Health Department
Finance Committee Ranking Member Demands Slew of Information on How HHS is Enforcing Trafficking Victims Protection Act Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sought details about the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) diminished capacity to identify, respond to, and prevent trafficking and […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Admin Reversing Course on Medicare Advantage Rates
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized higher payments to insurance companies in Medicare Advantage than originally proposed. “Dr. Oz and the Trump administration have once again sided with big insurance companies at the expense of […]
Wyden Seeks Answers on Massive U.S.-Venezuela Gold Deal Brokered by Trump Administration
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore. today wrote to Trafigura, a Singapore-based multinational commodities trading company that recently signed a deal to purchase vast quantities of gold from Venezuela for sale and distribution in the United States, demanding answers about what due diligence, if any, the company performed to ensure […]
Wyden, Sanders Demand Senate Hearings to Hold Insurance CEOs Accountable for their Greed amid Growing Health Care Crisis
Washington, D.C. – Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today called on committee leadership to hold hearings with the CEOs of the nation’s largest health insurance companies to address a fundamentally broken health […]
Wyden Demands Answers from Social Security Commissioner Over Trump Directive to Create Unconstitutional National Voter Database
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today demanded answers from the Social Security Administration (SSA) over Donald Trump’s recent executive order to suppress mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections, which would require SSA to share citizenship data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a list […]
Wyden Presses Treasury Department on Political Interference in Prosecution of Turkish State-Owned Bank Accused of Laundering Money for Iran
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed the Department of the Treasury on whether political interference played a role in the Trump Administration’s recent decision to give a pass to a Turkish state-owned bank that was charged with facilitating Iran’s evasion of U.S. sanctions as part of a vast money-laundering […]
Wyden, Blackburn Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address Health Care Workforce Shortages
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., today introduced bipartisan legislation to address the growing shortage of health professionals. The Health Workforce Innovation Act would provide federal support for innovative, community-led partnerships to educate and train more health care workers, especially in rural and underserved communities. “Our country […]
Wyden, Merkley Slam Trump Administration Over Scheme to Undermine Reproductive Health Care in Oregon, Twelve Other States
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., today slammed the Trump administration over recent news that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched an investigation into 13 states, including Oregon, that require health insurers to cover abortion care. Since […]
Republican Cuts Are Wrecking Health Care for American Families
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., today released their latest report spotlighting the consequences of Donald Trump and Republicans’ health care nightmare, with a focus on the fallout of the Republican Big Ugly Bill. After Trump and Republicans […]
Wyden and Murray Press Trump Administration on Effort to Undermine Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children
Request for Proposals from Department of Health and Human Services Undermines Legal Obligations and Congressional Intent of Protections for Children Entering the United States Without a Parent Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., sent a letter to […]