Wyden, Baldwin, Van Hollen, Bennet Introduce Bill to Support Economic Recovery, Finance Six Months of Wages
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory A. Booker, D-N.J., today introduced legislation to support the economic recovery by immediately financing six months of wages and supportive services for unemployed workers. “The economy is […]
Wyden Presses White House on Allegations Trump Bargained Away Trade Concessions to China, In Exchange for Political Favors
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., requested answers to allegations that the Trump administration bargained away trade concessions in exchange for political favors from China, in a letter to White House trade advisor Peter Navarro today. Former National Security Advisor John Bolton alleges that Trump asked Chinese leaders for political favors, rather than […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on IRS Oversight
Today the Finance Committee meets for its annual oversight hearing on the tax filing season. This year it also involves the COVID-19 response. I want to start on that issue, because when it comes to active cases, this country appears to be right back where it was in the spring. Tens of thousands of newly […]
Senate Unanimously Passes Wyden-Grassley Bill To Keep HHS Repatriation Program Afloat During COVID-19 Crisis
Washington, D.C. – The Senate by unanimous consent today passed the Emergency Aid for Returning Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act authored by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. The legislation temporarily raises the cap for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) repatriation program from $1 million to $10 million to ensure adequate funding […]
Wyden Statement on the Future of Drug Pricing Legislation in Congress
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after Chairman Chuck Grassley released an op-ed on drug pricing legislation, including claims that Democrats were no longer supporting the bill: “Democrats have not walked away from the table on drug pricing – Republicans never showed up in the first place. The House […]
Wyden, Cantwell Introduce Affordable Housing Legislation
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today introduced legislation to preserve and expand affordable housing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis. The Emergency Affordable Housing Act, which is cosponsored by Senators Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., includes a number of […]
Wyden Statement on New Studies Showing CARES Act Benefits
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to new studies showing the benefits of the CARES Act: “Poverty decreased and incomes rose in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, in large part due to supercharged unemployment benefits. The success of supercharged unemployment […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Greenlighting China’s Mass Internment of Uyghurs
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s admission that he OK’d the Chinese government’s abhorrent mass internment and human rights violations of its Uyghur population: “Donald Trump has now admitted that he condoned the Chinese government’s internment of a million Uyghurs because he thought […]
Wyden Lays Out Agenda For Addressing Racial Health Disparities in Committee
Washington, D.C. –Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today outlined several steps the committee should take this year to address systemic racism in the nation’s health care system and the economy as a whole. “The Finance Committee must leverage its expansive jurisdiction and influence to dismantle the significant racial and ethnic disparities that […]
Wyden Statement on HHS OIG Report Finding That ORR Incident Reporting System is Ineffective, Jeopardizing the Safety and Well-Being of Migrant Children
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to a troubling new report by the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finding that the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) incident reporting system for sexual abuse is ineffective: “ORR has a moral and statutory obligation to protect the safety […]