Wyden, Schumer, Finance Democrats Demand Committee Markup of Republican Reconciliation Bill
Washington, D.C. – Joined by every Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) today demanded the committee Republicans schedule a markup of the Republican bill that would slash health care and clean energy tax credits to pay for handouts to corporations and the wealthy. Republicans […]
Wyden Statement on Weak May Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the May jobs report: “It’s clear the job market is slowing amid all the economic chaos Trump is creating, and the worst thing he and Republicans could do right now is shred the safety net and spook markets […]
Wyden Opposes Nomination of O’Neill to be HHS Deputy Secretary Ahead of Floor Vote
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here I rise to urge a no vote on Jim O’Neill to be the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. O’Neill’s nomination comes before the Senate as Republicans push ahead on an agenda that will cut Americans’ health care by more than […]
Wyden, Neal, Pallone Release Latest CBO Estimates Showing 16 Million People Will Become Uninsured from Republican Health Agenda
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., released a statement following a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing 16 million people will lose coverage from […]
Wyden Condemns Trump Administration for Rescinding Biden-era EMTALA Guidance
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today condemned the Trump administration for reversing Biden-era guidance that reaffirmed the obligation of hospitals to provide emergency treatment, including emergency abortion care, under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). “In the wake of Dobbs, the Biden-era EMTALA guidance was a reaffirmation […]
Wyden Statement on Final CBO Estimate of House Bill
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its final estimate of the House-passed reconciliation bill. “House Republicans rushed to pass this awful bill in the dead of night, and it’s clear why,” Wyden said. “According to the nonpartisan Congressional […]
Wyden Statement on Deputy USTR, Treasury Counsel, PBGC Nominations
The Committee meets this morning to discuss three important nominations. General Counsel of the Treasury, the head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation — a little-known agency that’s a financial backstop for millions of American retirees — and deputy U.S. trade representative. I’m going to start off with the nominee to be Treasury’s top lawyer. […]
51,000 Americans Will Die Every Year as a Direct Result of Republican Health Plan: New Analysis
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement today after a new analysis estimates that more than 51,000 people will die per year as a direct result of the Republican reconciliation bill, and their refusal to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. “Despite some of the callous sarcasm […]
Wyden Opposes Billy Long IRS Nomination in Committee Vote
Over the last several years, I have heard every member of this committee, Democrat and Republican, talk about the importance of independence and neutrality at the IRS. If you genuinely believe in those priorities, you cannot vote for Billy Long’s nomination for IRS commissioner. Here’s what we know about former Congressman Long. He wasn’t on […]
Wyden Praises Trade Court Decision Striking Down Trump’s Illegal Global Tariffs
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised the U.S. Court of International Trade for striking down Donald Trump’s global tariffs, which amounted to massive new taxes on virtually all imported products and threatened even higher tax increases on imported goods in coming months: “I argued from the start that […]