Wyden, Pallone Reveal Study Showing Trump Admin Not Protecting Taxpayer Dollars From Wasteful Medicaid Experiments
Non-Partisan Report Comes As Appellate Court Prepares to Hear Oral Arguments on Legality of Kentucky and Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements Case 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., released a study today showing taxpayers are footing the bill for millions […]
Wyden Continues Investigation of Russian Investment in Kentucky Aluminum Mill
Washington, D.C. – Continuing to investigate potential threats to national security from Rusal’s proposed $200 million investment in a Braidy Atlas aluminum rolling mill, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has requested information from Braidy CEO Craig Bouchard about the project. Specifically, Wyden has asked Bouchard for information about his interactions with Rusal […]
Wyden Requests Treasury Investigate Sanctioned NRA-Linked Russian Arms Manufacturers
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today referred the findings of the report, The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and requested the agency review and investigate state-linked Russian weapons manufacturers, including those visited by […]
Wyden Demands Answers After Trump Links China Trade Talks To Demands For Fake Foreign Dirt
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement, following Donald Trump publicly linking trade talks to investigations of Trump’s political rivals. “Linking trade negotiations to Donald Trump’s wide-ranging effort to fabricate foreign accusations against political rivals is a complete abuse of the powers of the president,” Wyden said. […]
Wyden and Whitehouse Statement on Trump Health Care Smokescreen
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. today issued a statement following a speech by the president on health care: “The American people aren’t buying Donald Trump’s scare tactics on health care. Democrats want people to have choices for their health care – […]
Wyden Unveils Report on NRA Ties to Russia, Findings Show NRA Misled Public About 2015 Moscow Trip
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the findings of his 18-month investigation into the NRA’s relationship with Russia and potential violations of U.S. tax and sanctions laws. The report, The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset, reveals: New evidence that the 2015 delegation […]
Wyden Statement on the U.S.-Japan Trade Deal
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the U.S.-Japan trade deal: “The digital trade principles that the United States and Japan agreed to today represent how important digital technology is to our modern economy. These principles form the foundation of a free and open internet that promotes the […]
Wyden Applauds USTR Enforcement Action on Korean Illegal Fishing
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following statement today on the US Trade Representative’s action to prevent illegal Korean fishing practices. “Illegal fishing is unfair to our fishers and destructive to our oceans,” Wyden said. “I applaud USTR Lighthizer for taking enforcement action against Korea for failing to live up to its commitments […]
Wyden Statement on Treasury Department Nominations of Brent McIntosh and Brian Callanan
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Treasury Department nominations of Brent McIntosh to be Undersecretary for International Affairs and Brian Callanan to be General Counsel: “Brent McIntosh and Brian Callanan have been central to the most controversial, legally-suspect Treasury Department actions during the Trump administration. They […]
Wyden Unveils Proposal to Fix Broken Tax Code, Equalize Treatment of Wages and Wealth, Protect Social Security
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today unveiled a proposal to fix the broken U.S. tax code and require millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share by equalizing the tax treatment of wages and wealth. Revenue generated from this proposal—an estimated $1.5 to $2 trillion over 10 years—would be […]