Wyden Statement on Trump Administration Attacks on Worker Protections
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the release of a final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would prohibit home care workers from electing to make voluntary union deductions, similar to other customary payroll deductions. “Once again, Trump and his administration are putting […]
Wyden, Pallone Tell Trump Administration not to Weaken Medicaid Protections
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., called on the Trump administration to maintain protections for access to care in Medicaid. Their request follows guidance and proposed rule changes from the Trump administration weakening protections and making it more difficult […]
AbbVie Won’t Say if it Will Stop Tying Executive Bonuses to Humira Sales in 2019
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released answers that AbbVie, Inc., submitted to the committee in which the company refused to say whether executives, including its CEO, will have their 2019 bonuses tied to sales of the costly anti-inflammatory drug, Humira. “While families are struggling to fill their prescriptions, […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Administration 1332 Announcement
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announcement of a request for information on additional ideas for Section 1332 waivers. Previously, the Trump administration announced changes to their interpretation of the ACA provision that contradict the law as written. “The Trump administration […]
Wyden Statement on the Administration’s Continued Refusal to Release Trump’s Tax Returns
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s continued refusal to comply with House Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., request for President Donald Trump’s tax returns: “The Trump administration’s lawlessness continues unabated. Secretary Mnuchin has blatantly interfered with the IRS’s obligation to provide the president’s tax […]
Wyden Statement on Economic Analysis of NAFTA Update
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the International Trade Commission’s economic analysis of the updated NAFTA trade deal: “This report confirms what has been clear since this deal was announced – Donald Trump’s NAFTA represents at best a minor update to NAFTA, which will offer only limited […]
Senate Democrats File Court Brief in Support of Planned Parenthood, Stand Up for Women’s Health and Rights in Texas Case
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) yesterday led a group of 18 Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Planned Parenthood of […]
Wyden, Cardin Introduce Legislation to Protect Taxpayers From Fraud
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Ben Cardin, D-Md., today introduced legislation to allow the IRS to require minimum standards for paid tax preparers. Around 60 percent of taxpayers use paid preparers and the IRS receives more than 10,000 complaints per year about bad actors. While the Justice […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing with IRS Commissioner Rettig
There are a few subjects I need to address today. First, oversight of the tax code. Last week the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means exercised his authority under Section 6103 of the tax code to request six years of the president’s tax returns. I support his request completely. Chairman Neal raised […]
Wyden Applauds Peru’s Decision to Restore Independent Oversight of Forestry Protection Agency
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement today, in response to news Peru will reverse its decision to strip independence from the timber watchdog agency OSINFOR and restore autonomy to the agency: “Peru is making the right decision today. USTR used enforcement tools to convince Peru to restore independence to […]