Wyden Statement on China Trade Enforcement Announcement
WASHINGTON—Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement in response to an investigation by the U.S. Trade Representative into Chinese theft of U.S. technology. “China has cheated, stolen and bullied American industry on trade for decades, causing massive economic wreckage to workers, employers and communities across America in the process,” Wyden […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on the President’s Trade Agenda
Anybody reading the trade policy news on the business pages is probably suffering from a nasty case of whiplash. Trying to decipher all that news, it is hard to identify a coherent strategy that will help American workers, businesses and farmers when the dust settles. Since the summer, the Administration has been engaged in negotiations […]
Wyden Presses Trump Administration to Take Action to Prevent Sex Trafficking
Washington, D.C. – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, today pressed the Trump administration to take action to better understand how to prevent sex trafficking of young people in foster care. Wyden called on the Trump administration to reconsider its delay of information reporting about victims of sex trafficking and other […]
Wyden Statement on Republican Health Proposal
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today made a statement following the release of a proposal by congressional Republicans that would have a negative impact on the individual health insurance market: “Instead of working on a bipartisan basis to improve Americans’ health care, Republicans have embraced Trumpcare and its failed health care ideas […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on the Nominations of John Bartrum and Lynn Johnson
The committee meets this morning to discuss the nomination of two individuals to serve at the Department of Health and Human Services: Mr. John Bartrum, nominated to the role of Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, and Ms. Lynn Johnson, nominated to the role of Assistant Secretary for Family Support. Since child welfare would be under […]
Wyden Tax Scam Report Reveals Small Business Owners Are Facing More Uncertainty, Complexity Due To Trump Tax Law
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a tax scam report outlining concerns from small business owners who say Trump’s tax law has created an increase in financial uncertainty. The report, “Tax Code and Small Business: Even More Bizarre and More Unfair than Before,” also explores how Republicans’ new […]
Wyden Statement on Senate Floor on Trump’s Repeated Attacks on Women’s Health Care
You can sum up the health care policy of the Trump administration in just one word — discrimination. I’m here with my colleagues today to discuss another alarming example of the Trump agenda of health care discrimination, an example of where the administration is working overtime to make women’s health care worse. What this particular […]
Wyden Probes Possible Trump Org Violation of Emoluments Clause
Washington, D.C. – Following news reports that the Trump Organization transferred profits from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury Department, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., requested that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin disclose the size of that payment, in a letter sent on March 8. The Senate Finance Committee granted Treasury the authority […]
Wyden Statement on CMS Letter to Idaho on Junk Insurance Plans
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after CMS Administrator Seema Verma sent a letter to the state of Idaho on their proposed plan to sell health insurance plans that do not comply with federal law: “The Trump Administration is talking out of both sides of their mouth,” Wyden said. […]
Wyden Statement on White House Steel and Aluminum Announcement
Washington, D.C. – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement in response to the president’s announcement that he plans to impose tariffs on unspecified steel and aluminum products from a list of countries that has not yet been finalized. “The announcement today raises more questions than it […]