Wyden Presses Barr on Trump Direction to Intervene on Behalf of Turkish State Bank
Washington, D.C. – As part of the ongoing investigation into whether President Donald Trump directed his cabinet to intervene on behalf of Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank, which is accused of the largest sanctions violation scheme in U.S. history, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today requested Attorney General Barr detail his interactions with President […]
Wyden Condemns Trump Plan to Gut Medicaid
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration, led by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, announced new guidance for the Medicaid program that would hand states a playbook to implement block grants. This fixed amount will allow states to […]
Wyden Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Allowing Trump Administration to Implement ‘Public Charge’ Policy
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump administration to implement its “public charge” policy: “Donald Trump’s right-wing Supreme Court just handed him a big win in his pursuit to deter legal immigration,” Wyden said. “Immigrant families—who Donald Trump is so […]
Wyden Statement on Approval of Texas Medicaid Waiver that Limits Women’s Choice of Health Care Provider
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration approved a Medicaid waiver submitted by Texas that would allow the state to exclude providers like Planned Parenthood that provide a host of women’s health services: “This waiver is grossly offensive to women and their chosen health providers,” Wyden […]
Wyden Statement on Supreme Court Decision Not to Expedite Affordable Care Act Lawsuit
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Supreme Court declined to expedite its decision on whether to take up the Republican lawsuit to throw out the entire Affordable Care Act, including protections for pre-existing conditions: “This decision rewards Republicans in their never-ending crusade to rip away pre-existing condition […]
Wyden Statement on New Trump Rule Enabling Further Discrimination by Faith-Based Organizations
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the announcement of a proposed rule by the Trump administration that would, among other changes, remove existing U.S Department of Health and Human Services requirements that faith-based providers let individuals know alternative providers are available to access services: “Since day one, the […]
Democrats Launch Investigation of Treasury Department Giveaway to Multinational Corporations
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., D-Pa., Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., today launched an investigation of the Treasury Department’s giveaway to multinational corporations through the regulatory process implementing the Republican tax cuts. The senators wrote, […]
Wyden Opposes Republican Effort to Violate Privacy of Cybercrime Victim, Urges DOJ to Protect Personal Information
Washington, D.C. – In a letter to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today expressed his strong opposition to Senate Republicans’ extraordinary request for forensic images of Alexandra Chalupa’s computer and smartphone, obtained by the FBI during the course of its investigation into Russia’s […]
Wyden: Bipartisan Passage of New NAFTA Reflects Democratic Push For Strong Labor Enforcement, Upgraded Digital Trade and New Environmental Provisions
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hailed the passage of the new NAFTA trade agreement today, by a wide bipartisan vote. The updated agreement with Mexico and Canada includes strong new enforcement provisions by Wyden and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, along with modern digital trade rules to advance innovation and […]
Wyden Statement on Senate Floor on New NAFTA
Mr. President, the Senate begins debate today on the new NAFTA. I’m going to have a lot to say between now and the final vote on passage, but let’s begin with the facts of how the new NAFTA got to this point. Back in the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump said he was going to […]