Wyden and Warren Launch Major Investigation Into UnitedHealth Nursing Home Practices
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., launched an investigation of UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) cost reduction tactics in nursing homes, after reports that these business practices have resulted in harm to seniors and people with disabilities. “We are writing in […]
The Republican Budget Bill Puts Your Social Security At Risk
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Office of the Chief Actuary (OACT) at the Social Security Administration confirmed that the Republican budget bill passed this summer will speed up the depletion of the Social Security trust funds. “Not only […]
Wyden, Cortez Masto Blast Billion Dollar Bailout for Big Pharma in Republican Budget Bill
Trump and RFK Jr.’s Hypocrisy Is on Full Display as Republicans Once Again Shower Big Pharma With Taxpayer Dollars While Seniors With Cancer Will Continue to Pay Thousands for Treatment Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., called out Trump and […]
Wyden, Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Reverse Devastating Health Care Cuts in Trumpcare
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led Senate Democrats in introducing new legislation that would repeal the devastating health care cuts that the Senate Republicans passed in the “Big, Ugly Betrayal” and permanently extend the ACA premium tax credits. After Republicans passed legislation earlier this month that would kick nearly 15 million people […]
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 […]