Wyden Calls for Tax Reform that Helps the Middle Class
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., at a hearing with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to discuss the president’s 2016 budget, said today that a comprehensive overhaul of the tax code is the best way to make the tax system fairer and simpler for American families, workers and businesses. “When it comes to […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Hearing on the President’s 2016 Budget
Thank you, Secretary Lew, for being here on day three of budget-palooza at the Finance Committee. While the committee examines the administration’s budget proposal today, the underlying issue getting our focus will be the health of the budgets of workers and families struggling to make ends meet. The middle class in Oregon and across the […]
Wyden Calls Health and Human Services Programs Key to Supporting American Families
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., at a hearing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to discuss the fiscal year 2016 budget, said Congress must continue its legacy of building and improving health programs that keep millions of Americans financially secure and healthy. “America’s health programs are lifelines […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Hearing on the HHS FY 2016 Budget
Far too many people – including millions in Oregon and across the country – feel like they’re falling behind as the economy picks up steam. Congress’ job is to make sure that doesn’t happen. It’s important for the Finance Committee to keep that challenge in focus this week as it examines the President’s fiscal year […]
Wyden Says Unfair Tax System Hits Middle-Class Families Hardest
WASHINGTON – At a hearing on the FY2016 budget of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said that the U.S. tax system is unfair to middle-class Americans because it is too complex and the IRS doesn’t have adequate resources to help taxpayers effectively. According to the independent IRS […]
Wyden Statement at IRS Budget Hearing on Eliminating Unfairness in the Tax System
Whenever I talk with Oregonians in meetings or town halls, the conversation nearly always comes down to the same core issue – the struggling middle class. Years after economists first said the recession officially ended, too many middle-class Americans feel like they’re standing on quicksand because the recovery has yet to reach them. So the […]
Wyden Applauds Precision Medicine Initiative
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., made the following statement today in response to the White House disclosing details about the Precision Medicine Initiative, a $215 million proposal that would accelerate research on biomedical therapies and cures tailored to individuals and provide new tools to physicians to treat disease: “The Precision […]
Senate Finance Committee Democrats Outline Principles for Bipartisan Tax Reform
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement regarding the newly released letter to Chairman Hatch outlining Democratic tax principles: “These seven core principles highlight beliefs that must contribute to any consensus tax reform product in order to grow the economy and support the middle class,” said Wyden. “As we […]
Finance Committee Democrats Outline Measures To Spur Job Growth for Veterans
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Democrats today outlined a collection of proven, bipartisan proposals that would spur hiring of veterans and provide a boost for the nation’s economy. The announcement came as the Finance Committee considered “The Hire More Heroes Act of 2015.” The bill […]
Wyden Opening Statement at the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 Mark-Up
Today the committee is marking up the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015, and in the process, directs its attention to a subject matter we can all agree on – helping veterans find jobs and economic opportunity. Sen. Hatch has worked closely with me and it is our hope there will be a bipartisan markup […]