Wyden Applauds Appeals Court Ruling Striking Down Most Trump Tariffs
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement applauding a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which affirmed a lower court ruling that Donald Trump’s so-called emergency tariffs are illegal: “Federal Courts have repeatedly done what Republican senators won’t do – say […]
Wyden Slams Trump Administration on Greenlighting Plans to Deport Hundreds of Unaccompanied Children Held in Government Custody
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., slammed the Trump administration after receiving disturbing reports from whistleblowers that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has finalized plans to deport nearly 700 Guatemalan children in government custody, who are awaiting reunification with family members or placement with sponsors. These plans from the […]
Wyden and Warren Press UnitedHealth for Answers on Abusive Tactics to Recoup Loans to Doctors After Mass Cyberattack
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pressed UnitedHealth Group (United) on using abusive tactics to force doctors to quickly repay all loans after last year’s cyberattack destabilized the U.S. health care system. United’s financial service arm […]
Ahead of RFK Jr. Appearance Before Finance Committee, Wyden Demands End to Secrecy and Stonewalling at HHS
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to fulfill his promise of radical transparency and provide information requested by members of the Finance Committee that have been met with silence or inadequate responses. Wyden highlights […]
Wyden Blasts DOGE Reckless Handling of Social Security Sensitive Data
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) endangering millions of Americans’ personal information by uploading a Social Security database to an unsecured cloud server. “This account is a clear example of how the Trump administration is playing fast and […]
Wyden Blasts Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Cheap Renewable Energy
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on guidance released by the Trump IRS further gutting renewable energy in America: “The bottom line is that Trump is creating a national energy crisis that Americans are already seeing in their utility bills and is bound to get […]
Wyden, Warren Probe Lutnick Firm’s Potential Conflicts of Interest Related to Massive Tariff Bets
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote today to Brandon Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., about possible conflicts of interest and insider trading stemming from the bets that his firm is reportedly making […]
Wyden Leads Bill to Reverse Trump Cuts at Social Security and Protect Benefits
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced he would introduce the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act. The legislation — unveiled ahead of the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law — reverses the disastrous cuts the Trump administration has made […]
Wyden, Durbin, Senate Democrats Slam Social Security for Disabling Lawfully Obtained Social Security Numbers
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and seven Senate Democrats demanded answers over reports that the Trump administration is deeming thousands of Social Security Numbers (SSN) as fraudulent as a part of its continued effort to push […]
Wyden Blasts Trump’s Regressive Tariffs that Took Effect Today
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement as Trump’s sweeping, regressive tariffs took effect today: “Trump has thrown new dead weight onto an American economy that’s already sinking under his backward economic policies. The management of these tariffs has been utterly chaotic, secretive and ripe for […]