Wyden Again Requests State Department Documents on Trump-Era Ukraine Activities
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today again requested documents from the State Department on the full scope of the Department’s policy in Ukraine, including the firing of former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, any effort to leverage trade negotiations with China to fabricate dirt on Vice President Joe Biden, […]
Wyden, Pallone Slam Trump Admin For Excluding Medicaid Providers From COVID-19 Relief Fund
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., called on the Trump administration to address the lack of financial relief for Medicaid providers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The two Committee leaders voiced concerns that, to date, roughly $70 billion has been […]
Wyden and Casey Demand Action on COVID-19 in Nursing Homes on Call With Senior Trump Health Official
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Bob Casey, D-Penn., today called on the Trump administration to commit to a timeline and plan to release data on COVID-19 infections and deaths in nursing homes. Wyden and Casey asked for this commitment in phone call with […]
Wyden, Grassley, Neal Request Retention Credit Eligibility For Employers Providing Health Insurance
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., today requested that the Treasury Department reverse its current guidance and allow employers providing health insurance to furloughed workers to be eligible for the employee retention […]
Wyden Calls for Policies to Prevent Republican Economic Sabotage
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement proposing automatic triggers to preserve the extension of unemployment insurance benefits: “The Congressional Budget Office has projected that the U.S. unemployment rate could remain at 9.5 percent at the end of 2021 without sufficient economic stimulus now. This would represent an unprecedented […]
Wyden Statement on Social Security Trustees Report
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual outlook for the program: “In a little over a decade, Social Security benefits are going to be cut by a quarter unless action is taken to support this key lifeline for workers who […]
Wyden Statement on Unemployment Assistance Affected by GOP Governors “Reopening” States
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement regarding the effect of Republican governors “reopening” their states and workers’ access to pandemic unemployment assistance: “Republican governors are casting public health aside and forcing their states to ‘reopen’. The effects of these reckless decisions will trickle down to vulnerable workers, making […]
Wyden Requests Answers on Trump Signature on Checks
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today requested Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin provide information about the decision-making process that led to Donald Trump’s name being printed on Economic Impact Payment checks intended to assist Americans with the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic. The letter follows an interview where Secretary […]
Labor Department Makes Clear Workers Congress Intended To Cover Will Receive Unemployment Benefits
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced that the Department of Labor has made clear, after a confusing start, that workers Congress intended to be covered by the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program will receive the benefits they deserve. “Workers have been hit by an economic wrecking ball, with 22 […]
Wyden, Casey Condemn Trump Administration’s Refusal to Identify Nursing Homes With COVID-19 Cases
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Bob Casey, D-Pa., today denounced the Trump administration for not providing more information to the public about the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes around the country. The lack of response to a request from Wyden and Casey […]