Wyden, Bipartisan Senators Applaud Passage of Bipartisan Resolution to End Trump’s Global Tariffs, Call on House to Take Up Final Passage
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the Senate passage of his bipartisan resolution to repeal Donald Trump’s global tariffs and restore congressional authority over trade. Wyden led the resolution with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. It was cosponsored by Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sens. Tim Kaine, […]
Wyden, Paul, Schumer, Kaine Announce Vote on Bipartisan Effort to Repeal Trump’s Global Tariffs, Restore Congressional Authority Over Trade
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced that the Senate will vote today on their bipartisan resolution to repeal Donald Trump’s global tariffs and restore congressional authority over trade. The binding measure would terminate the emergency that Trump declared in order to slap tariffs of […]
Wyden Urges Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Undo Trump’s Canada Tariffs
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here As Prepared for Delivery I rise to support my colleague Senator Kaine’s joint resolution to terminate Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs on products Americans buy from Canada. Once again, this body has the opportunity to cancel a Trump Trade Tax and put money back in American families’ […]
Wyden Slams Trump Slapping Blanket Tariffs on Essential Items from Brazil
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here As Prepared for Delivery I rise to support my colleagues Senator Kaine and Senator Paul on their joint resolution to terminate Donald Trump’s order placing blanket tariffs on products Americans buy from Brazil. I’ll start with the impact on Americans. Trump’s unilateral tariff spree is an […]
Wyden, Schumer, Warren Press Trump Administration on Fake IRS “CEO” Role, Warn That Bisignano Appointment Will Hurt Both IRS and Social Security
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) demanded answers today from the Trump administration on whether embattled Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano can legally and capably lead both the SSA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) without violating […]
Wyden, Schumer, Senate Democrats Call on Trump to Stop Hiding Premium Increases from American Families
Less Than a Week Before Open Enrollment, Americans in More Than Half the Country Are in the Dark About Imminent Premium Spikes for Their Health Care Trump Administration Has Not Opened “Window Shopping” Despite the Massive Increases Facing Millions, Price Previews Previously Available by Now for the Past Eight Years Text of the Letter (PDF) […]
Wyden and Merkley Call on Oz to Resolve Chaos as States Implement Trumpcare
Despite Republican Efforts to Roll Back Improvements to Medicaid and Medicare, Democrats Used Senate Rules to Preserve More than a Dozen Policies State Medicaid Programs Have Received Minimal Direction from the Trump Administration About How to Implement These Roll Backs or Preserve Remaining Policies, Raising Specter of Confusion, Lost Coverage and Higher Costs for Families […]
Democratic Senators Demand Transparency, Accountability for Massive Rise in National Security Tariffs
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., called out the Trump administration’s unprecedented use of national security tariffs to pursue taxes on cars, appliances and hundreds of other products, in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., […]
Wyden, Schumer, Warren Sound Alarm Over Trump Weaponization of the IRS Against the Free Speech Rights of Trump Opponents
Washington, D.C. – Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today demanded answers about the Trump administration’s reported plans to weaponize the IRS criminal-investigative division in an attack on the free speech rights of progressive individuals and groups the president sees as opponents. Joined by all […]
Finance Democrats Call for Halt to Unlawful Nomination of March Bell to be Health Care Inspector General
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led every Democratic member of the Finance Committee in a call for Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, to table consideration of Thomas March Bell’s nomination to be Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) because […]