Ahead of Filing Season Hearing, Wyden Calls for Restored IRS Enforcement Resource
Wyden voices concerns that administration’s proposed IRS budget cuts will threaten security of taxpayer information; Encourages IRS to enable widely-used cybersecurity protection WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for a reinstatement of IRS budget funds to help crack down on tax cheats and better protect taxpayer information. In […]
Wyden Decries Lack of Response to Verma Ethics Inquiry
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) failed to reply to his letter requesting assurances that the agency has procedures in place to ensure that Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma is in compliance with her ethics agreements: […]
Wyden, Blumenauer Announce Bipartisan Path to Marijuana Reform
Legislative package lays the foundation for responsible, comprehensive federal regulation of the marijuana industry Empowers states to implement own marijuana laws WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee Representative Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., today introduced three pieces of legislation to preserve the […]
Wyden Floor Statement on Republican Vote to Make it Harder to Save for Retirement
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., delivered a statement on the Senate floor blasting a Republican vote to abolish auto-IRA laws. “In my view there ought to be bipartisan interest in helping these workers find new opportunities to save – it ought to be easier than it is today,” Wyden said. […]
Wyden Seeks Answers on Possible Treasury Secretary Ethics Violation
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director Walter Shaub to review comments made by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for potential ethics violations. Sen. Wyden’s letter to Director Shaub follows comments Secretary Mnuchin made on Friday that encouraged a live audience to go see […]
Wyden Statement on CBO Score of Revised TrumpCare Bill
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the statement following the release of an updated score from the Congressional Budget Office: “While House Republicans continue to add more harmful policies to TrumpCare, today’s score shows the bill is getting worse, not better,” Wyden said. “They are breaking their promises not to weaken […]
TrumpCare’s Tax Gift to Pharma Raises Premiums By Billions in Medicare Part B
New Data from CMS Actuary Shows $8.7 Billion in Higher Medicare Premiums for Seniors, Individuals with Disabilities Due to Tax Break for Pharmaceutical Drug Companies Revelation of Higher Premiums Comes After News That Payroll Tax Cut for Wealthy Would Force Medicare Part A Trust Fund Into Crisis Three Years Earlier than Expected WASHINGTON – Senate […]
Wyden Raises Concerns After Reports that Fired U.S. Attorney Was Investigating Tom Price’s Stock Trades
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following news reports that Preet Bharara, the recently fired U.S. Attorney for the South District of New York, may have been investigating Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price’s stock trading activity: “I’m concerned that by firing U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the […]
Wyden Asks HHS to Ensure Verma Complies with Ethics Agreement
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting General Counsel Jeffrey Davis requesting information about how the agency will ensure CMS Administrator Seema Verma is in compliance with her ethics agreements not to directly work on matters relating to seven […]
Wyden and Pallone to Price: No Authority to Approve Harmful Medicaid Waivers
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price reminding him that Medicaid waivers cannot be approved by the agency if they are not in line with the objectives […]