Wyden Offers Bill Calling on Presidential Nominees to Release Tax Returns
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced a bill directing presidential nominees to release recent tax returns in order to give the public honest insights into the candidate’s actions and values. “Since the days of Watergate, the American people have had an expectation that nominees to be the leader of the […]
Wyden Offers Support for Fiduciary Rule in Senate Floor Statement
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on his colleagues to oppose the pending resolution of disapproval that would block the Department of Labor’s recently announced fiduciary rule. Wyden’s full remarks can be found below: Last month, the Department of Labor laid out new safeguards that will help middle-class savers in a […]
Wyden Testifies on Injury to U.S. Steel Producers at International Trade Commission
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for the U.S. to use every tool at its disposal – including the new Leveling the Playing Field Act provisions – to respond to unfair trade by China and other nations, in testimony today at the International Trade Commission. Wyden’s full remarks on […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Corporate Integration
One of the biggest challenges in tax reform is figuring out the right ways to slash the thicket of tax rules that today have too much influence over our economy. Democrats and Republicans, in my view, share the goal of getting the tax code out of the businesses of picking economic winners and losers. That’s […]
Wyden Raises Dangers of Powerful Opioid Fentanyl
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske requesting more information about his agency’s efforts to control the smuggling of dangerous synthetic fentanyl, a powerful opioid that has been credited with a sharp rise in overdose deaths. The Senate Finance […]
Wyden and Murray Call for Action to Improve Health Data Transparency
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., sent a letter to Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell relaying concerns about the effect of the recent Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual decision by […]
Wyden Unveils Tax Proposal to Build a Fairer System
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a legislative discussion draft that simplifies how derivatives are taxed so that the privileged few follow the same set of rules as hard working Americans. The proposal is a critical piece of Wyden’s efforts to end the “Tale of Two Tax Codes” and lay […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Corporate Integration
This morning the Finance Committee will discuss the concept of corporate integration, which isn’t exactly a topic that comes up at summer picnics. But this issue is important to the tax reform debate, and I want to thank Chairman Hatch and his staff for putting a whole lot of sweat equity into this topic. I’m […]
Wyden and Murray Statement on House GOP Suit on ACA Cost-Sharing Subsidies
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., today issued a statement following a ruling by the U.S. District Court in House v. Burwell on the Affordable Care Act: “Today’s ruling is the disappointing result of yet another irresponsible lawsuit […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Nominations Hearing
This afternoon, the Finance Committee will discuss the re-nominations of the Public Trustees for the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds. That sounds like a real mouthful, but for me, this issue goes back to my time leading the Gray Panthers when the Medicare guarantee and the promise of Social Security were sacrosanct. Today, millions […]