Fact Sheet on Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax CRA Resolution
Washington, D.C. — In November Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., filed a resolution to overturn recent Treasury guidance that granted a massive new tax break to highly profitable corporations and private equity giants. A vote on the resolution is expected on Tuesday. Additional details on the Treasury Department’s action are below. According […]
Big Ugly Bill Drives Deeper Cuts into Americans’ Health Care
December Report Confirms Harm to Hospitals, Patients, and Health Care Workers is Still on the Rise Text of the Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., today released their latest report exposing the Republican Big Ugly Bill […]
Wyden Statement on TrumpRx Announcement
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Donald Trump announced the creation of TrumpRx. “Every American familiar with the Trump record knows that all roads in TrumpRx will lead to Trump’s pocket,” Wyden said. “TrumpRx is nothing more than a glorified coupon book, and it […]
Wyden, Senate Democrats Blast Trump’s Drug Pricing Fraud, Lay Out Agenda for Lower Prices
As Drug Prices Continue to Go Up, and Republicans Hand Gifts to Big Pharma, Democrats Offer Bold Vision to Lower Drug Costs for All Americans Text of the Dear Colleague (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Ruben Gallego, […]
Wyden, Van Hollen Question Trump Administration Over Secret Process for Tariff Cuts That Favor Politically Connected Companies Over Small Businesses
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., questioned the Trump administration’s reliance on a secret, closed-door process for exempting thousands of products from tariffs, which has favored politically connected companies and industries, while […]
Wyden, Warren Demand Answers as Trump Attempts to Steal $10B From Taxpayers in IRS Lawsuit
Washington, D.C. – Days after Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Treasury and IRS over a leak of tax records that occurred during his first term as president, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today demanded to know whether Treasury Secretary Bessent […]
Wyden Ridicules $10B Trump Lawsuit Against IRS, Treasury
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on Donald Trump suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns: “Donald Trump is a cheat and a grifter to his core, and for him to abuse his office in an […]
With DHS Terrorizing Communities Nationwide, Wyden Leads Democrats Demanding Answers About ICE’s Abuse of Taxpayer Data
Washington, D.C. – With federal agents committing acts of violence, targeting children and snatching people across the country, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 10 senators today demanded answers from Treasury Secretary and acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent about the IRS’s unprecedented agreement to disclose private individual tax records to DHS and […]
Wyden Demands Answers About Trump’s Swiss Tariffs That Were Arbitrarily Raised and Then Lowered After Trump Accepted a Rare Rolex and Gold Bar from Swiss Companies
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., demanded answers from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) about how it sets tariffs, following Donald Trump publicly admitting to assigning tariffs on Swiss goods arbitrarily and then reducing them after Swiss companies showered him with lavish gifts. “The American public […]
Wyden Calls for SEC Action on Firm that Sold Fake Tribal Tax Credits
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today urged SEC Chairman Paul Atkins to consider taking steps to delist White River Energy Corp., a firm that sold fake “tribal tax credits” to clients and is concealing from investors the existence of a federal criminal investigation into those fraudulent sales. White River […]