Wyden Blasts Trump for Firing BLS Commissioner
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement blasting Donald Trump for ordering the firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “This is the act of somebody who is soft, weak and afraid to own up to the reality of the damage his […]
Wyden Statement on Dire July Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the news that the U.S. economy added only 73,000 jobs in July and the three-month moving average of jobs added has fallen to a dismal 35,000: “Trump was handed the keys to the strongest major economy in the […]
Wyden Slams Trump’s Sham Trade Deals For Hitting Americans with Billions in New Trade Taxes On Groceries, Electronics and Other Essentials
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to Trump’s announcement of sham trade deals and new tariff rates that will punish American families and businesses with higher taxes on everyday goods and inputs: “Don’t be distracted by the noise around Trump’s fake trade deals—after […]
Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes IRS’s Failure to Investigate Sex Trafficker’s Highly Lucrative Tax Planning Work
Washington, D.C. – Continuing his years-long investigation into the financing of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking network, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote to IRS Commissioner Billy Long today demanding to know whether the agency has performed any audits or investigations of Epstein’s tax and estate planning services and transactions. Epstein billed himself […]
Wyden Investigation Reveals Harms and Discrimination Faced by LGBTQIA+ Youth in Residential Treatment Facilities
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released “Myself as I Am: Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Residential Treatment Facilities,” which exposes the additional layers of vulnerability experienced by LGBTQIA+ youth in residential treatment facilities (RTF). The new report builds on the findings of Wyden’s “Warehouses of Neglect: How Taxpayers […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Trump Administration Nominees
The Committee meets this morning to discuss four nominations. Deputy United States Trade Representative covering Asia and a number of key sectors of the economy including textiles and intellectual property; the Treasury Department’s point person for Congress; the General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources […]
Wyden Opposes HHS and Treasury Nominees
Before we begin, I’d like to give a special thanks to Mr. Bob Becker, and his excellent work with the Senate Recording Studio for 34 years. I’ve been told this is his last Senate hearing. So Bob, thank you for your important service keeping the trains rolling, and we wish you all the best in […]
Wyden Urges Colleagues to Rein in Trump’s Catastrophic Trade War
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here I rise to support my colleagues who are seeking to free Americans from crushing new trade taxes, courtesy of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Trump has slapped tariffs on things Americans buy from scores of countries. He’s already hit cars and car parts, aluminum, beer, food, and clothing. […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Plan to Privatize Social Security
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined how a provision in the Republican budget bill will operate as a backdoor tool to privatize Social Security. “Calling this a five-alarm fire is an understatement, and between Bessent’s comments and […]
As Trump Sits on Key Epstein Files, Wyden Lays Out “Follow the Money” Investigation for DOJ
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Democrat Ron Wyden, D-Ore., slammed the Trump administration’s failure to properly investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking network and financing in a new letter sent today to Attorney General Pam Bondi, and he laid out seven leads for federal prosecutors based on the findings of his own years-long inquiry. […]