Wyden, Colleagues Release Senate Democrats’ Plan to Expand Health Care Coverage & Affordability During COVID-19
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today released a Senate Democratic plan to expand health care coverage and affordability during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a white paper, the senators alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and […]
Wyden Outlines Affordable Housing Priorities For Next COVID-19 Relief Package
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today outlined policies to preserve and expand affordable housing that he will push to include in the next COVID-19 relief bill. “The pandemic and resulting economic crisis have laid bare the fact that millions of Americans are one or two missed paychecks away from […]
Wyden Statement on HSGAC Vote to Subpoena Blue Star Strategies
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to the Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee vote to subpoena Blue Star Strategies, the latest step in its joint investigation with the Senate Finance Committee: “With more than 90,000 Americans dead and 36 million workers unemployed, Chairman Johnson […]
Wyden Highlights GAO Study Showing Nursing Homes Fell Short on Infection Prevention in Years Leading up to COVID-19 Outbreak
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today highlighted a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that shows most nursing homes failed to meet federal standards on a variety of infection prevention and control measures, in a multi-year survey. The data comes as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Opposition to Extending Unemployment Benefits
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to Washington Post reporting that Donald Trump does not support extending the $600 boost in unemployment benefits: “With nearly 1 in 5 Americans out of work, Donald Trump’s plan is to cut off the boost in unemployment benefits and shower […]
Wyden, Democratic Colleagues Press Trump Administration to Protect Workers From Choosing Between Health, Financial Security
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 21 Democratic colleagues today pressed the Trump administration to ensure unemployed workers are not forced to choose between their financial security and health by clarifying eligibility for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. The senators requested three points of clarification: Workers remain eligible for […]
Wyden, Neal, Lewis and Davis Condemn Trump Rule Enabling Further Harm to LBGTQ+ and Native American Foster Youth
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis, D-Ga., and Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., today condemned a final rule by the Trump administration that guts key data points from the Adoption and […]
Wyden, Brown, Schatz, Casey Announce Legislation to Provide Emergency Cash Assistance to Low-Income Families and Individuals
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Bob Casey, D-Pa. today announced legislation that would establish a new $10 billion Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Grant program to help low-income families and individuals experiencing significant financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pandemic TANF Assistance Act would […]
Wyden Statement on Latest Jobs Report
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department: “The unemployment rate is now higher than since the Great Depression, and Trump’s decision to wave the white flag against the virus means the economy will remain in a ditch for […]
Wyden Unveils Proposal to Tie Unemployment Insurance Benefits to Economic Conditions, Prevent Republican Economic Sabotage
Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today unveiled a proposal to tie unemployment insurance benefits to economic conditions and prevent Republican economic sabotage. “Donald Trump has given up on fighting the virus, making it more likely the economy could remain in a ditch with unemployment at historically high levels for months, if not years, to come,” […]