Wyden Questions Customs and Border Protection Over Favorable Treatment of Dominican Corporation’s Sugar Imports Despite Clear Evidence of Ongoing Forced Labor
Washington, D.C. –Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, questioned why the Trump Administration allowed Central Romana, a Dominican sugar producer that was notorious for abusive conditions and violating workers rights, to resume sugar imports into the United States last year, in a letter to the head of U.S. Customs […]
Wyden Questions Whether Gift of Diamond-Encrusted Gold Ring to Trump Corruptly Influenced Trump’s Decision to Let Belgium Diamond Industry Dodge New Tariffs
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., demanded answers from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) about the appearance of a corrupt pattern of bribes-for-tariff-exemptions, following Trump’s decision to exempt the Belgian diamond industry from his latest wave of tariffs after the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) presented […]
Wyden Demands Answers on Millions in Payments to Trump Businesses By Korean Company Involved in Trade Dispute
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to release information on the administration’s relationship with the Korean company Base Group, amidst an ongoing trade investigation involving its subsidiary, Korea Aluminium. Trump’s annual financial disclosure, released in June 2026, revealed that Base Group made a $2 million payment […]
Wyden, Cortez Masto, Grassley, Crapo Introduce Legislation to Crack Down on Health Care Fraud
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced the bipartisan Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act, which would invest in and improve the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program. HCFAC was created to combat fraud, waste, and abuse across federal health […]
Wyden Calls on Senate to Strike Tariffs from the Russia Sanctions Bill
As Prepared for Delivery A video of these remarks is here. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to this legislation, but make no mistake, I fully support taking tougher action against Russia. They have waged a deadly, years-long war on Ukraine, and the United States must do more to tighten the screws on Vladimir Putin’s […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Markup of Bipartisan Tax Administration Legislation
As Prepared for Delivery A video of these remarks is here. The Committee meets this morning to consider legislation that reflects years of bipartisan work. It contains dozens of provisions championed by members of this committee, and I look forward to moving them across the finish line. The Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act contains common-sense […]
Wyden, Neal Introduce Legislation to Block Trump’s Audit Immunity Deal
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden D-Ore. and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal D-Mass. today introduced legislation to once and for all rescind the unprecedented audit immunity granted to President Trump, his family, businesses, and associates as part of the Administration’s collusive settlement in Trump v. […]
Wyden Unveils Proposal to Ensure Data Centers Pay for Disruptions Caused to Communities
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today unveiled a draft proposal to change the tax treatment of data centers as hyperscalers continue their unprecedented building of data centers used to advance new artificial intelligence (AI) tools. “American communities are rightfully questioning whether the rapid buildout of data centers across the […]
Wyden Statement on Decertification of Kentucky Organ Procurement Organization
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), Network of Hope, will be decertified, meaning they can no longer participate in the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network that connects organ donors […]
Wyden Warns Social Security Commission is Fast Track for Gutting Benefits
As Prepared for Delivery A video of these remarks is here. Today the Finance Committee is gathered to discuss the future of Social Security. The Trust Fund will be depleted before the end of the next presidential administration. Today Republican members of this panel will claim they have the solution: an unaccountable “commission” that will […]