Wyden Calls For Unprecedented Transparency on Trade Deals
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today outlined his goals for modern trade policy at a hearing with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. Wyden said the rapidly evolving global economy requires a trade approach designed to address contemporary challenges. A key litmus test, Wyden said, will be whether USTR enhances transparency in trade […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining the Administration’s Trade Policy Agenda
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining Obama Administration’s 2014 trade policy agenda: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. And thank you, Ambassador Froman, for being here today. As you know, we hoped to hear […]
Hatch: TIGTA Testimony Outlines Unworkable ObamaCare Concerns
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) J. Russell George testified before the Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) ability to implement the President’s $2.6 trillion health law. In his testimony, George outlined a number […]
Wyden Statement on GAO Preliminary Report on IRS Audits of Large Partnerships
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement regarding a preliminary report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office focused on the characteristics and IRS audits of large partnerships: “This is a real problem and serves as yet another example of why Congress needs to get serious about comprehensive, bipartisan tax […]
Hatch, Alexander, Thune Urge Census Bureau to Keep Questions on Uninsured in Order to Understand Impact of Obamacare
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), and John Thune (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson urging the administration to continue asking the existing health insurance coverage questions in the Census Bureau’s annual survey, along with its planned new questions, for two years. The New York […]
Wyden Statement on HHS Leadership Announcement
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement on the departure of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: “As a result of Kathleen’s dedication to improving health care in America over the last five years, health care cost growth is slowing and millions of Americans have gained economic security […]
Hatch Statement on Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to Serve as HHS Secretary
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued the following statement after President Obama nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell to serve as HHS Secretary replacing Kathleen Sebelius: “The President’s signature domestic policy achievement is an unmitigated disaster. This […]
Wyden Touts Health System Improvements Since ACA
WASHINGTON –During today’s hearing examining the administration’s fiscal year 2015 health care budget proposal, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said America’s health care system has made significant improvements and helped millions of Americans since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law, and he also highlighted a number of initiatives to improve Medicare and […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing Examining the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks at a committee hearing examining the President’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Mr. Chairman, thank you for scheduling today’s hearing. Secretary Sebelius, thank you for taking […]
Wyden: 21st Century Trade Policy Must Give All Americans a Chance to Get Ahead
Today I want to talk about how trade in the 21st century can create good middle-class jobs and expand what I call the winners’ circle in our country. It starts with the fact that American trade policy has always been a story of adaptation and change. Fifty-two years ago, President John Kennedy went before Congress […]