Wyden Responds to GOP Opposition to Supercharging Unemployment Insurance: An Extra $600 Per Week for Laid Off Workers Will Not End Western Civilization
Mr. President, several Senators on the other side have been arguing against the provision in this bill to supercharge unemployment insurance right now, something Senate Democrats negotiated with the Trump administration, Secretary Mnuchin and Chairman Grassley. Based on what I’m hearing from Senators on the other side, you’d think this proposal was going to bring […]
Wyden Announces Retention Credit To Keep Workers On The Job
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced an employee retention credit to prevent further mass layoffs is included in the bipartisan agreement to respond to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s failure to ensure widespread testing. “Our goal is to prevent as many […]
Wyden Announces Historic Expansion Of Unemployment Insurance
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced the inclusion of an unprecedented expansion of unemployment insurance in the bipartisan agreement to respond to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s failure to ensure widespread testing. An expansion of unemployment insurance has been a top […]
Wyden Statement on Status of Third Coronavirus Response Bill
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement of the status of the third coronavirus response bill: “Moving forward without a bipartisan deal that covers workers and small businesses, and includes needed health provisions will add insult to the injuries many Americans are experiencing due to COVID-19. Significant progress had […]
Wyden, Cardin Introduce Bill to Rescue Small Businesses
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Small Business Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin, D-Md., today introduced legislation to rescue small businesses from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s failure to ensure widespread testing. The Save America’s Main Street Act would provide immediate […]
Wyden Statement on New Republican COVID-19 Economic Proposal
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the new Republican economic proposal in response the novel coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) pandemic: “The pandemic is spreading, economic collapse is looming, and Republicans seem to be prioritizing the corporate tax wish list over the economic well-being of people who are […]
Wyden Outlines Economic Policy Priorities For Coronavirus Response
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today outlined economic policies within committee jurisdiction that he’s working on to address the harm caused by the coronavirus pandemic and exacerbated by the Trump administration’s ongoing failure to ensure adequate testing. “I have two simple priorities to save our economy from another depression: […]
Senate Democrats Condemn Trump Administration on Approval of Texas Medicaid Waiver that Limits Women’s Choice of Health Care Provider
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., today led 30 of their Senate colleagues in condemning the Trump administration’s decision to approve a Medicaid waiver request submitted by Texas that allows the state to receive federal funding […]
Wyden Slams Trump Administration’s Delay in Expanding Telehealth Access for Seniors
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today slammed the Trump administration for failing to utilize new authority to expand access to telehealth services in Medicare, a provision included in the coronavirus response package passed by Congress last week. In a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator […]
NEWS: Wyden, Peters, Schumer Lead Bill With Colleagues to Provide Unemployment Assistance to Those Affected By Coronavirus
Washington, D.C. – As part of Senate Democrats’ response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters, D-Mich., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 20 colleagues today introduced legislation, the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act, to provide federally-funded unemployment assistance to affected […]