Wyden, Brown, Casey Propose Largest Reduction of Senior Poverty in a Generation
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Finance Committee members Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Bob Casey, D-Penn., today introduced a bill to lift seniors out of poverty and increase their standard of living. The “Elder Poverty Relief Act” would increase earned benefits for vulnerable Americans who count on […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Tax Filing Season
The annual hearing on tax filing season typically inspires the level of enthusiasm most people bring to a prolonged root canal procedure. But this year, there are big tax policy issues with serious consequences facing millions of Americans. First, small businesses are increasingly stuck in a bureaucratic twilight zone. There is rampant confusion about how […]
Wyden on Trump Executive Order to Attack Basic Assistance for Vulnerable Americans
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the announcement of an Executive Order signed by the president ordering federal government agencies to impose new, complex restrictions on federal assistance. “This order shows the president is less interested in getting people back to work than he is […]
Wyden: CBO Report Highlights GOP Threats to Americans’ Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement highlighting the consequences of harmful Republican policies on American families’ health care and earned benefits. “This report puts hard numbers on a fact we’ve known for months: Republicans passed a massive tax giveaway to corporations and wealthy donors, leaving a […]
Wyden Statement on Final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, the rules governing health insurance in the individual market: “Instead of taking steps to prevent big premium increases this fall, the Trump Administration is watering […]
Wyden Statement on Latest NAFTA Discussions
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement on the latest NAFTA discussions: “I am encouraged that progress has been made with respect to the efforts to modernize NAFTA,” Wyden said. “It’s my hope that a final agreement will create more good-paying jobs in the United States and reflect the modern, […]
Wyden, Pallone Call for Study of Administrative Waste Caused By Harmful Medicaid Waivers
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., asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the costs of implementing and administering harmful policies in recently approved Section 1115 Medicaid waivers that would impose significant burdens on beneficiaries and require […]
Wyden Seeks Financial Information of NRA’s Foreign-Funded Accounts
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today requested further information from the National Rifle Association (NRA) after the organization admitted to accepting foreign contributions. In a letter sent to Wyden on March 19, the NRA failed to address questions related to financial expenditures that do not require Federal Election Committee […]
Wyden Cheers Boost to Social Security to Reduce Massive Disability Backlog
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today celebrated an increase in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) budget in the omnibus spending bill to address the substantial Social Security disability appeals backlog. For months, Wyden has been calling on congressional appropriators to provide adequate resources to address this growing crisis, along […]
Wyden Statement on the Eighth Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement to mark the eighth year since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law: “On the eighth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to make the president’s proclamation that ‘Obamacare is dead’ come […]