Wyden Statement on Trump Action to Throw Kids and Their Families Off Medicaid and CHIP
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced they will not allow states in the future to let children keep their health coverage without unnecessary red tape. Beginning in 2024, all states must provide 12 months of […]
As Trump Downplays Epstein, Wyden Unveils Details of Treasury’s Undisclosed Epstein File
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here As Prepared for Delivery Donald Trump says a lot of outlandish stuff. I don’t think he’s said anything more outrageous or stunning than what he said yesterday — declaring the interest in the Jeffrey Epstein matter a “hoax” and a “scam.” The figure at the center […]
Wyden, Bennet, Beyer Reintroduce Bicameral Bill to Overhaul Unemployment Insurance
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and U.S. Representative Don Beyer, D-Va., today reintroduced legislation to update and expand unemployment insurance so the program better meets the needs of the modern workforce and is ready to respond should the economy go into a recession in […]
Wyden, Baldwin, Warren Tell Social Security: Stop Lying to Stroke Trump’s Ego
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today led 9 Senate Democrats demanding that the Social Security Administration (SSA) stop peddling lies about the Republican reconciliation bill using the agency’s email platform, which reaches tens of millions of Americans. The Republican […]
Wyden, Warren Press Social Security Commissioner on Broken Staffing Promises
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today demanded the Social Security Administration answer reports that the agency is reassigning thousands of field office employees to staff a “pilot” phone program aimed at reducing hours-long phone wait times. Wyden and Warren wrote Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano that after gutting […]
Wyden, Merkley, Markey, Schumer Release Data Detailing Hundreds of Rural Hospitals Across U.S. at Risk Due to Republican Health Care Cuts
Washington (June 12, 2025) – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., today joined with U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, to release new data concluding that health care cuts in the Republican budget bill could place more than 300 rural hospitals across the U.S. at disproportionate […]
Wyden Blasts Trump Tariffs on Brazilian Beef, Coffee and Building Materials to Protect Brazil’s Corrupt Ex-President
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement on Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on products imported from Brazil, as retribution for the prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is charged with trying to overturn a democratic election in 2022. “Trump is going […]
Wyden Blasts Trump Tariff Letters: ‘More Trade Taxes, Higher Prices, More Uncertainty.’
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement on Donald Trump’s latest round of tariff announcements, and delay of tariffs expected on July 9 until August 1: “Donald Trump has extended his tariff purgatory for another month, with more threats of trade taxes, more price-hiking tariffs and more […]
Wyden to USTR: Congress Must Approve Binding Trade Deals
Washington, D.C. – One week before Donald Trump’s deadline to strike deals with scores of countries subject to massive global tariffs, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reiterated that any binding trade deal must come before Congress for approval, as required by the Constitution, in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer […]
Wyden, Warren, Gillibrand, and Sanders Demand Answers on Reckless Rollout of AI Tools at Social Security
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., demanded answers from the Trump administration for recklessly installing artificial intelligence (AI) into its phone systems that have blocked people from accessing their earned Social Security benefits – all while leaving […]