Wyden Proposal Would Crack Down On Tax Avoidance In Retirement Plans, Create New Opportunities For Working Americans To Save
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a discussion draft of legislation titled the Retirement Improvements and Savings Enhancements (RISE) Act, which would help more working families and recent college graduates save for retirement, while cracking down on unfair strategies used by the privileged to rake in subsidies and dodge […]
ICYMI: Canada’s Softwood Pricing Undercuts the Market, Threatening Oregon Jobs
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., yesterday wrote an opinion editorial in which he detailed his concerns regarding the Canadian timber market, fearing that lower prices set by the Canadian government on timber imports are undercutting U.S. markets, threatening thousands of timber jobs in Oregon and several other states across the […]
Wyden, Pallone Question Mylan Payments to Medicaid for EpiPens
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 Sylvia Mathews Burwell requesting additional information regarding EpiPen’s classification and rebate obligations under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, following revelations that Medicaid […]
Wyden Urges EU Not to Undermine Fair Use With ‘Link Tax’
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged the European Union not to undermine an open internet and fair use by targeting U.S. companies that link to news articles, in a statement today. “Reports that the European Commission is considering creating a new ‘link tax’ targeting links to news articles raise serious concerns,” Wyden […]
Wyden Comment on European Commission Ruling in Apple State Aid Case
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the European Commission’s ruling in the state aid case involving Apple: “It is extremely concerning that the European Commission has effectively stepped outside the terms of existing bilateral tax treaties to hand an American firm a massive, retroactive tax bill. Right […]
Wyden Statement on Softwood Lumber Negotiations
As Canadian negotiators met with U.S. officials and U.S. industry representatives in an attempt to resolve longstanding differences between the United States and Canada regarding subsidies to Canadian lumber production, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, renewed his call for a real and lasting solution to this longstanding problem. “For […]
Wyden Applauds Release of New Rules Strengthening Trade Enforcement
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the release of interim rules implementing the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015, legislation written by Senator Wyden to strengthen the enforcement of U.S. trade laws, protect American workers and businesses and hold foreign countries to their commitments. “This is a big step […]
Wyden Calls on Peru to Step Up Campaign Against Illegal Timber
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on Peru to take additional measures to combat illegally harvested and traded timber, following a new report on continuing shortcomings in Peru’s efforts to enforce its own forestry laws. Wyden requested the report earlier this year. “The report provided by Peru demonstrates that […]
Wyden Touts Success Of Independence At Home Model
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today touted new data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) showing strong second year results from the Independence at Home Demonstration, which provides primary care services to Medicare beneficiaries in their homes. Wyden also celebrated news that Housecall Providers, Inc., based in […]
Wyden Alarmed By Dramatic Rise of Illicit Fentanyl
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today expressed alarm following the release of a report by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) detailing the marked increase in illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid used in counterfeit painkillers, encountered by law enforcement around the country. The report comes following a letter to Acting Administrator […]