The Senate Republican Tax Plan: Officially Worse than the House Republican Tax Plan
Washington, D.C. – The Republican megabill is an unprecedented handout to big corporations and the wealthy paid for by stealing from typical families and driving millions of Americans into hardship and misery. A new distributional analysis by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation of the tax provisions in the bill shows that the Senate Republican […]
Wyden Blasts HHS Secretary Kennedy for Purging All Experts on Top Vaccine Panel at CDC Despite Public Promise at Finance Committee Hearing
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., blasted Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for purging all 17 vaccine experts and replacing them with unqualified skeptics who have serious conflicts of interests on a top advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) despite […]
Wyden, Schumer Reveal True Cost of Republicans’ “Big, Ugly Betrayal”: $4.2 TRILLION in Tax Giveaways to the Ultra-Rich Paid for on the Backs of American Families
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released the following statement today on the new estimate from the Joint Committee on Taxation that the Republican tax plan costs $4.2 trillion when measured against current law, the traditional accounting method for tax policy in Congress: […]
Wyden Opposes the Nomination of Rodney Scott to Lead CBP
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here I rise to oppose the nomination of Rodney Scott to lead the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. This is yet another appalling nomination from the Trump administration. As a senior federal official, agents in Mr. Scott’s direct chain of command tried to cover up their […]
Wyden Statement on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds Report
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds issued their annual report about the fiscal health of the trust funds. The report finds that the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund will be […]
Following New Epstein Revelations, Wyden Renews Demand for Trump Administration to Produce Epstein Files
Washington, D.C. – Following new revelations about Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties to a prominent Trump donor and accusations regarding the president himself, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today renewed his demand that the Trump administration produce key Epstein documents in the possession of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Treasury. “This […]
Wyden Statement on Republican Reconciliation Bill Text
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Republican reconciliation bill: “The House Republican version of this bill was already a class war, but Senate Republicans decided to inflict even more devastation on the lives of working Americans to give even larger handouts to the […]
Wyden Unveils Bills Closing Loopholes Allowing Wealthy Investors and Mega-Corporations to Abuse Partnerships to Dodge Taxes
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced a pair of proposals, the Preventing Abusive Routine Tax Nonsense Enabled by Rip-offs, Shelters, and Havens and Instead Promoting Simplicity Act (PARTNERSHIPS Act) and the Basis Shifting is a Rip-off Act, to close loopholes that allow wealthy investors and mega-corporations to abuse […]
Wyden, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Answers from Palantir About Plans to Build IRS “Mega-Database” of American Citizens
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and eight other Members of Congress today questioned Palantir about reports that Palantir is helping the IRS to build a government-wide, searchable, “mega-database,” connecting sensitive tax and other data the government holds about American citizens. Building such a database […]
Wyden, Senate Democrats Announce Legislation to Improve Medicaid for Kids, Seniors, and Families While Cracking Down on Fraud
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led a dozen Senate Democrats as they released legislative proposals to strengthen and invest in the Medicaid program for children, seniors, Americans with disabilities and working families, as well as draft legislation to boost federal anti-fraud initiatives. “The Republican bill is rotten to […]