Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Markup on Social Security and PBGC Nominations
The Finance Committee meets this morning to vote on three nominations: Andrew Saul to serve as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration; Gail Ennis to serve as the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration; and Gordon Hartogensis to serve as the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. First, on Mr. Saul’s nomination. If […]
Wyden Finds Nursing Homes Unprepared for Natural Disasters
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today unveiled a report examining critical safety failures at nursing homes in Texas and Florida during and after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The report found that these incidents, which in Florida resulted in the deaths of 12 seniors, were not chance accidents but preventable […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Administration Drug Announcements
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following remarks by the president and HHS Secretary Alex Azar about efforts to combat high drug prices: “Once again, the Trump administration has concocted a dog-and-pony show to trick the American people into thinking they are taking real action to lower drug prices […]
Wyden Slams Trump Perversion of 1332 Waivers
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration issued new guidance on Section 1332 waivers that would encourage junk health plans and threaten American families’ health care. “After spending weeks pretending to support pre-existing condition protections, Trump and Republicans are showing their true colors. […]
Wyden: Trump Tax Fraud a Blueprint for Trump’s Tax Law
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a report outlining the many ways Trump’s tax law encourages the wealthy to dodge taxes at the expense of middle-class families. A recent media investigation alleges that Donald Trump and his family spent decades defrauding taxpayers. “While state authorities investigate Trump and […]
Wyden: Knives are Out for Social Security and Medicare
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today raised alarms about comments by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell calling for harmful changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and protections for pre-existing conditions. “What Republicans are doing is the most brazen attempt to dupe the public that I’ve ever witnessed,” Wyden […]
Wyden Statement on Trade Negotiations Announcement
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the U.S. Trade Representative’s office announcement today that it intends to open trade negotiations with the European Union, Japan and United Kingdom. “I welcome the administration’s shift to focus on additional markets where there are barriers to U.S. exports and opportunities for […]
New Report Shows Expanding Medicaid Improves Access to Care
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today highlighted a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that showed people have improved access to health care in states that have expanded Medicaid compared to states that have not expanded. “The past two years have made it clear that affordable health care […]
Wyden Statement on 2019 Social Security COLA
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the announcement that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits would increase by 2.8 percent in 2019: “Today’s increase in Social Security will provide some relief for seniors who count on these earned benefits, but it still isn’t enough to help […]
Wyden, Senate Democrats Stand Against Junk Plans
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., offered his support for a Senate resolution of disapproval that would roll back the Trump administration’s junk insurance plans. “These junk insurance plans the Trump administration has revived represent all the worst industry tricks and abuses. They punish Americans when they’re actually in need […]