Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) delivered a preliminary analysis of the new Senate text of the Republican reconciliation bill showing the legislation will cut Medicaid by $930 billion, even deeper Medicaid cuts than passed by the House. That […]
Wyden Blasts Republican “Death Sentence” for American Clean Energy, Warns of Imminent Utility Bill Hike
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the energy tax policy changes Republicans proposed in the latest version of their reconciliation bill: “In the middle of the night, just hours before we’re supposed to vote on this megabill, Republicans released changes that amount to a […]
Wyden, Collins Reintroduce Legislation to Bring Marriage Equality to the Tax Code
Washington, D.C. – Marking the 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, reintroduced bipartisan legislation providing equality in the tax code for all legal marriages. The Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act would remove gender-specific references to marriage in the […]
Wyden, Warner, Merkley and Schumer Highlight Threat to Nursing Homes if GOP Approves Medicaid Cuts
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Finance Committee member Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., today shared new data about the impact of the Republican budget bill on nursing homes and Americans who count on these facilities. […]
Wyden Questions Treasury Department Over Russia Sanctions Flip-Flop
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to fully enforce sanctions on Russia, and to confirm the Trump Administration’s commitment to follow the law and punish Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, in a letter today. The letter comes as Bessent, Secretary of State Marco […]
Wyden Statement on Tax-Related Parliamentarian Rulings
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the statement below after the Senate Parliamentarian advised that additional provisions related to tax policy in the Senate Republican reconciliation bill violate the Senate’s Byrd Rule and would be subject to a 60-vote point of order threshold if included in the bill […]
Following Pressure From Wyden and Colleagues, Trump Administration Confirms No Frontline Workers Have Been Recategorized as “Schedule F” at Social Security
Washington, D.C. – Following U.S. Senator Ron Wyden sounding the alarm on the Trump administration stripping civil service protections at the Social Security Administration, the administration has confirmed that no frontline workers have been reclassified at the agency. Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano confirmed that the agency has not yet reclassified any workers as […]
Wyden Statement on Supreme Court Planned Parenthood Ruling
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing states to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood clinics: “Republicans will stop at nothing in their crusade to rip health care away from women in America. Medicaid has always allowed patients the freedom […]
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demands Congressional Leaders Reverse Devastating Budget Cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., today joined Senate colleagues to demand that Republican leadership reverse the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act laid out in the House-passed reconciliation bill. “Medical debt affects 100 million people in the U.S., amounting to $269 billion in unpaid medical bills. […]
Wyden Statement on Parliamentarian Reconciliation Decisions
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Senate Parliamentarian advised that Finance provisions of the Republican reconciliation bill violate the Senate’s Byrd Rule and would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if included in the bill. These include provider tax changes and the ban […]