Wyden Statement on Proposed Rule to Improve Organ Transplant System
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to update and improve the organ transplant system. “I’m pleased that the administration has chosen to adopt some of the steps I have proposed to improve […]
Congressional Democrats Slam Trump for Weaponizing the Federal Government, Harming Children, Seniors, and Working Families
Illegal, Unilateral Freeze of Child Care and Other Essential Funding in Five Democratic-Led States Is Political Retaliation By Trump, Bicameral Committee Ranking Members Say Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Congressional Democratic committee ranking members today demanded a reversal of the Trump Administration’s illegal funding freeze for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families […]
Wyden Statement on Selection of Medicare Negotiation Drugs
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the next set of prescription drugs that will be subject to negotiation by Medicare. “Two of the best-selling and most expensive cancer drugs – Keytruda and Opdivo – are […]
Wyden Leads Democrats Warning that Trump IRS Cuts Will Overburden Working Class with Audits and Help the Rich Cheat
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and nine Senate colleagues warned the Trump administration on Monday that its deep IRS cuts would overburden working- and middle-class Americans with audits while helping big, profitable businesses and the ultra-wealthy get away with cheating on their taxes. “As we debate funding levels, no […]
Wyden Applauds Health Priorities in Government Funding Legislation
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement after the House of Representatives released legislative text for a government funding bill that included a section reflecting bipartisan, bicameral negotiations on health care policies in Finance Committee jurisdiction, including pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform, measures to address ghost networks in […]
Wyden Statement on Trump’s Greenland Extortion Threat
MEMORANDUM To: Reporters and Editors From: Keith Chu, Office of Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden Date: January 17, 2026 Re: Wyden Statement on Trump’s Greenland Extortion Threat Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s threat to impose up to 25 […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Health Care Fact Sheet
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on a new fact sheet released by the White House about Donald Trump’s health care agenda. “Time and again, Donald Trump has made empty promises to the American people about lowering their health care costs, and today’s announcement is […]
Wyden, Pallone Demand the Trump Administration Restore Key Measure of Childhood Health and Well-Being
Top Democratic Health Care Leaders: “We cannot manage what we do not measure.” Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy & Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., demanded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) restore the key child immunization […]
Wyden Expands Epstein Investigation with Probe of Hundreds of Suspicious Bank of New York Mellon Transactions
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., expanded his investigation of the financing of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking network today with a new probe of Epstein’s client relationship with Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) and the hundreds of millions of dollars he moved in suspicious transactions through BNY accounts. In […]
Ahead of Final Day of Open Enrollment, Wyden Calls for Extension of ACA Tax Credits
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here As Prepared for Delivery Tomorrow is the final day for Americans to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. After that, the door slams shut, high premiums are locked in, and millions of families will be unable to afford essential health care. […]