Wyden and Smith Call on Watchdog to Review Slush Funds in Republican Budget Bill
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth Ranking Member Tina Smith, D-Minn., called on a federal watchdog to investigate elements of the recently passed Republican budget bill, which includes billions in slush funds with limited oversight. This is another step by Senate Democrats […]
Wyden Statement on Rural Health Slush Fund News
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance on how states can seek money from the rural health care slush fund created in the Republican budget bill. “It’s shameful that the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress […]
Wyden, Sanders Introduce Bill to Save Social Security from Trump, Musk Cuts
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., have today introduced the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act. This legislation — unveiled for the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law — reverses the disastrous cuts the Trump administration […]
Wyden, Senators Condemn Social Security Watchdog for Declining to Investigate Agency Abuse of Death Master File
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led seven senators criticizing the Social Security Administration’s watchdog office for declining to launch an investigation into the Trump administration’s efforts to use the Death Master File (DMF) to purge thousands of legal immigrants’ Social Security numbers in order […]
Wyden, Costa, Van Duyne Bill Puts Patients First in Organ Donation System
Washington, D.C. –Every day, 13 Americans die waiting for a lifesaving organ. To address this crisis, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Representatives Jim Costa, D-Calif., and Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, introduced the Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act. This bipartisan legislation modernizes the nation’s organ transplant system by ending outdated private financial […]
New Wyden Bill Would Force Treasury to Turn Over Epstein Files
Washington, D.C. – Following new revelations about Jeffrey Epstein’s deep and long-running relationship with J.P Morgan, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act (PETRA) to compel Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to turn over Epstein-related Treasury records to Senate investigators. Finance Committee staff reviewed a large portion […]
Wyden Hearing Statement on IRS Chief Counsel and Treasury Nominees
This morning’s hearing focuses on two important positions, IRS chief counsel and deputy under secretary at the Treasury Department. I’ll begin with Donald Korb, who is up for the chief counsel job, one of only two Senate-confirmed positions at the IRS. Mr. Korb has fifty years under his belt as a tax attorney. He served […]
Finance Democrats Call on Crapo to Hold Hearing on Personal Data Risk, Customer Service Chaos at Social Security
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led Finance Committee Democrats in calling for an immediate hearing to investigate the customer service issues at Social Security – including exposing millions of Americans’ personal information that could have resulted in the largest data breach in modern history. […]
Wyden Blasts RFK Jr. on Trump Administration’s Scheme to Disappear Vulnerable Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Washington, D.C. – At yesterday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing, Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., blasted U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on reports that the Trump administration attempted to defy court orders and disappear 600 kids to Guatemala, as well as an internal memo issued by the Guatemalan government that […]
Wyden Statement on August Jobs Report, Bessent and Lutnick
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the terrible August jobs report: “The job market has flatlined, and it’s clear the Trump economy is a loser for American workers. In addition to Kennedy, Trump ought to fire Bessent and Lutnick too before they drag the […]