Treasury to Americans Facing Unfair Tax Penalties: Go Pound Sand
Washington, D.C. – Responding today to a letter sent by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and 38 additional Senate Democrats, the Treasury department admitted that its implementation of the new Trump tax law increased the number of taxpayers whose taxes were under-withheld, but it declined to […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Drug Prices with Pharma CEOs
Prescription drugs did not become outrageously expensive by accident. It’s not the result of a system too complicated for Americans to comprehend. Drug prices are astronomically high because that’s where pharmaceutical companies and their investors want them. The brakes have come off pharmaceutical pricing, and American families are hurtling along in the passenger seat terrified […]
Wyden, Pallone Call on Trump Administration to Stop Allowing Harmful Medicaid Waivers
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., today warned the Trump Administration against the ongoing promotion and approval of harmful Medicaid waivers, citing the significant coverage losses taking place in states like Arkansas and the Administration’s failure to appropriately track […]
Wyden Calls for Immediate Release of Commerce Report on Potential Auto Tariffs
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the White House refused to release an investigation report on whether imported autos represent a threat to national security: “American families, small businesses, farmers and ranchers have a right to know what Donald Trump is considering when it comes to […]
Wyden, Markey Laud Independence at Home Savings for Taxpayers
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Ed Markey, D-Mass., today celebrated new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) showing strong third year results from the Independence at Home Demonstration, which provides primary care services to Medicare beneficiaries in their homes. “Now in its third year, […]
Wyden, Schumer & Senate Dems: Americans Facing Surprise Tax Bills Should Not be Penalized for Treasury’s Withholding Mistakes
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., along with 38 other Senate Democrats today wrote to the administration calling for the IRS to waive penalty fees associated with surprise tax bills many working Americans are facing due to actions taken by the Treasury in early […]
Senate Democrats Call for Tax Code to Recognize Marriage Equality
Washington, D.C. – This Valentine’s Day, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced legislation providing equal dignity in the tax code for all legal marriages. The Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act, which is cosponsored by every member of the Senate Democratic caucus, protects LGBTQ+ Americans from inequality and discrimination by removing gender-specific […]
Wyden Releases Drug Proposals on Transparency and Consumer Protection
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced three bills that will help bring transparency to the opaque, broken drug pricing system and bolster consumer protections for seniors with high drug costs. “Drug companies and their middlemen operate in the dark as they extract profits from taxpayers and working families that […]
Wyden Warns Trump: Accept Funding Agreement or Risk Delaying Tax Refunds
With IRS funding expiring on Friday and the president still wavering on the bipartisan spending agreement announced last night, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today warned that another Trump shutdown could paralyze the IRS during tax filing season, add to the existing backlog of correspondence and potentially delay refunds. “Donald Trump may […]
Wyden, Murray Raise Health Privacy Concerns in Trump HIPAA Proposal
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., today called on the Trump Administration to explain its policies regarding disclosure of protected health information amid new efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to change the Health Insurance Portability […]