Wyden, Warren, Whitehouse Press Trump Administration Over Revenue from Venezuelan Oil and Gold Deals
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., today pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the Trump administration’s role in overseeing Venezuelan oil transactions. Since January, the […]
Wyden, Merkley, Warren, Hoyle, Ocasio-Cortez, Subramanyam Introduce Bill to Ban the Corporate Practice of Medicine
Text of Bill (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Ron Wyden D-Ore., Jeff Merkley D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren D-Mass., along with Representatives Val Hoyle D-Ore., Alexandria Ocasio Cortez D-N.Y., and Suhas Subramanyam D-Va. introduced the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act to ban the corporate practice of medicine. Over 80 percent of doctors […]
Wyden Statement at Hearing on Trump Administration Nominees
As Prepared for Delivery A video of these remarks is here. Washington, D.C. – The Finance Committee is gathered today to consider another set of Trump nominees. This hearing comes as the country has been plunged into the largest measles outbreak since the wide availability of the vaccine for this dangerous disease. Chris Klomp has […]
Wyden, Hassan Press RFK Jr on Diversion of Taxpayer Public Health Funding to Promote His Personal Brand
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden D-Ore., Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee and Maggie Hassan D-N.H., Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, press Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for answers regarding his use of time and resources for vanity […]
Wyden and Warren Demand Treasury Secretary Bessent Explain Why Russian Finance Minister Attended G20 Ministers Meeting in North Carolina, Further Undermining U.S. Sanctions for Russia’s Brutal War on Ukraine
Washington, D.C. –Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the top Democrats on the Senate Finance and Banking committees, questioned why the Trump Administration welcomed Russia’s sanctioned Finance Minister to a top-level economic summit in North Carolina at the end of August, in conflict with the U.S. policy of isolating Russia for its […]
Wyden Slams Trump Action to Target Universities Over Admissions Policy
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration announced a rule that would strip tax exempt status from higher education institutions that offer support to minority students on the basis of race. “Today’s action underscores Trump’s plans to target his political enemies by any means […]
Wyden and Warnock Probe Political Targeting of Non-Profits By Trump Officials
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Finance Committee member Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., today launched an inquiry into reports that the Trump administration is developing plans to use the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) tax enforcement authority to target ideological opponents, including taking away […]
Wyden, Garcia Launch Inquiry into Shady Groups Awarded $394 Million in Contracts by Trump Administration to Represent Unaccompanied Minors
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Robert Garcia (CA-42) today pressed two organizations with close ties to the Trump administration that were recently awarded no-bid contracts valued up to $394 million by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to handle […]
Wyden, Warren Demand FINRA Strengthen Cybersecurity Standards to Prevent ACATS Brokerage Fraud
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren today called for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to strengthen consumer protections and prevent Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS) brokerage fraud. ACATS is an automated system managed by the National Securities Clearing Corporation which allows investors to seamlessly transfer their stocks, bonds, and […]
Wyden Questions Customs and Border Protection Over Favorable Treatment of Dominican Corporation’s Sugar Imports Despite Clear Evidence of Ongoing Forced Labor
Washington, D.C. –Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, questioned why the Trump Administration allowed Central Romana, a Dominican sugar producer that was notorious for abusive conditions and violating workers rights, to resume sugar imports into the United States last year, in a letter to the head of U.S. Customs […]