Wyden Announces New Committee Staff Member
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced that Sarah Schaefer will be joining the Finance Committee as Tax Policy Advisor for Small Businesses and Passthroughs for the Democratic Staff. Ms. Schaefer begins this week and will be responsible for leading and developing small business tax policy. “It’s great to welcome Sarah to […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Administration Action to Roll Back Birth Control Coverage
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would roll back the birth control coverage mandate: “The administration is now stooping to a new low by attempting to deny women the preventive health care coverage they need,” Wyden said. “There’s no ‘exemption’ from having […]
Wyden Statement on USTR, ITC Nominees
Today, the committee is considering the nominations of three nominees for critical trade positions: Mr. Jeffrey Gerrish to be deputy United States trade representative; Mr. Gregory Doud to be chief agricultural negotiator at USTR, and Mr. Jason Kearns to be a member of the United States International Trade Commission. I want to start with a […]
Wyden Applauds Treasury Watchdog Report Clearing IRS of Partisan Bias
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s (TIGTA) report concluding that the IRS did not single out conservative organizations when reviewing 501(c)(4) applications. This follows TIGTA’s 2013 report that only analyzed conservative groups when determining whether the IRS was using political bias […]
Wyden Demands White House Justification for Administration’s Luxury Travel
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for the White House to release all requests for use of military aircraft by members of the President’s cabinet. This follows a report by the Treasury Inspector General into Secretary Mnuchin’s travel requests, which cost taxpayers over $800,000. “It’s clear now […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on International Tax Reform
The Trump team says their international tax framework is about creating jobs and firing up the country’s economic engine, but the details show that’s just part of the con job being pulled on the middle class. Behind the scenes, the administration recently scrubbed from the Treasury website a 2012 paper showing that workers do not […]
Wyden Statement on the Resignation of HHS Secretary Tom Price
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price announced his resignation: “Throughout his brief time leading the Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price has repeatedly abused the public trust and betrayed the agency’s mission to improve Americans’ […]
Wyden Statement on 2018 Senate Budget Resolution
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to the Senate Budget Committee’s proposed 2018 budget resolution: “This is at least a $1.5 trillion-dollar giveaway in tax cuts for the rich that reeks of Republican hypocrisy and flies in the face of fiscal responsibility. These deficit-exploding costs […]
Wyden: “Trump, Parade of Millionaires are Executing Middle-Class Con Job”
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today gave the following speech responding to false claims made by the president, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin about Trump’s tax plan. A link to Ranking Member Wyden’s speech can be found here. “The plan outlined by […]
Wyden Senate Floor Remarks on the Passage of the CHRONIC Care Act
M. President, the past 24 hours has seen a milestone in the ongoing effort to update and strengthen Medicare’s guarantee to seniors. Senate passage of the Finance Committee’s chronic care bill means seniors with multiple chronic illnesses will have their individual needs better met and get the type of care they need earlier. It’s my […]