Wyden Presses for Strong Action Against Illegal Chinese Hardwood Plywood Imports
Washington, D.C. –Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for the International Trade Commission to forcefully respond to illegally subsidized Chinese hardwood plywood, which is flooding the U.S. market and crushing U.S. mills and jobs. Wyden, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees trade issues, said the United States needs to respond now, […]
Wyden Statement on Budget Passage and Tax Reform
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on tax reform and the passage of the Senate budget resolution: “The bottom line on this budget is that it’s a right-wing fantasy document that paves the way for a hyper-partisan process on tax reform and trillions of dollars of handouts to […]
Wyden, Brown Call for Reduction in Disability Backlog
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today called for adequate funding for the Social Security Administration’s administrative budget, which is used in part to reduce the disability appeals hearing backlog for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), in a letter to the chairman and ranking […]
Wyden Statement on Senate Floor on the Republican Budget, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Later this morning the Senate will vote on amendment I’m putting forward to strike what’s known as the “reconciliation instructions” from this budget proposal. The fact is, reconciliation is an on-ramp to the most partisan process around, but the history of successful tax reform is working in a bipartisan way. That’s, for example, what the […]
Wyden Statement Following White House Meeting on Taxes
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after his White House meeting on taxes: “I made it clear in today’s meeting that there is an enormous chasm between the rhetoric and the reality of the Trump tax plan. All the happy talk about helping the middle class and avoiding […]
Led by Wyden & Murray, Senate Democrats File Amicus Brief in Support of Planned Parenthood; Stand Up for Women’s Health & Rights in Texas
In yet another affront to women’s health & rights, Texas has attempted to block women’s access to health care by preventing Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding 5th Circuit Court of Appeals expected to hear case challenging Texas’ “purely ideological” decision Today, Senate Democrats file amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood: “Texas terminated the Medicaid […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Decision to End Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following an announcement by the president and his administration ending cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments that reduce out-of-pocket spending for lower-income Americans: “Trump promised to lower Americans’ health care costs, but today he has chosen to make them more expensive purely out of spite,” […]
Wyden Demands Answers on HHS Failure to Approve State Reinsurance Waivers
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Treasury Department requesting information on why the Trump administration failed to approve Oklahoma’s 1332 reinsurance waiver. The Oklahoma waiver would have reportedly lowered premiums by 30 percent in the state’s […]
Finance Committee Issues Report Exposing How Fortunate Few Avoid Paying Estate Taxes
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Democratic Staff today issued a report detailing little known tactics and schemes that allow the one percent to dodge estate taxes. While only one out of 500 wealthy estates are subject to the estate tax, Trump’s tax plan proposes repealing the estate tax entirely. This would create a $269 […]
Wyden Slams Trump Administration Executive Order to Raise Health Care Costs and Undermine Protections for Pre-existing Conditions
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration released the details of an executive order to allow increased use of scam Association Health Plans and other steps that would unravel the individual and small group health care markets: “Rather than listening to the American public and Congress […]