Wyden: Oppose Price Hikes on Goods from Canada, Vote Down Trump Canada Tariffs
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here As Prepared for Delivery I rise to support my colleague Senator Kaine’s joint resolution to terminate Donald Trump’s order placing blanket tariffs on products Americans buy from Canada. There has been a lot of double-talk about trade, so I want to make one thing clear: Tariffs […]
Warner, Wyden, Sanders and Schumer Lead Senate Colleagues Demanding Answers on Layoffs Bringing Harm to Americans’ Health and Well-Being
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., today led 34 members of the Senate Democratic caucus in a letter to the […]
Wyden Joins Cortez Masto, Cassidy, Colleagues in Pushing for Long-Needed Update to Supplemental Security Income Program
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., in introducing the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act to reform the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which has not been updated in 40 years. Currently, the program unfairly punishes lower-income seniors and […]
Wyden Opposes Committee Vote to Advance Bisignano’s Nomination to Lead Social Security
Today, the Finance Committee will vote on the nomination of Frank Bisignano to be the commissioner of the Social Security Administration. I want to be clear from the outset, colleagues. The Finance Committee should not be holding this vote today. This nominee lied multiple times to every member of this Committee, including the Chairman and […]
Wyden, Grassley Sound the Alarm on Officials Bypassing Organ Donation List, “Skipping the Line” for Less Critical Patients
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, are demanding answers from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials regarding a reported increase in organs allocated out of sequence, a practice known as “line skipping.” Grassley, a former chairman and senior member of […]
Wyden Calls on Crapo to Pause Committee Consideration of Social Security Nomination Until Further Investigation of Bisignano Lies
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today urged the chairman of the Committee to pause consideration of the nominee to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA) after a statement from a whistleblower at the agency indicated he lied about his involvement in agency decisions related to DOGE. “I write to […]
Announcing New Findings on Pfizer Tax Dodging, Wyden Blasts Republican Plan for More Corporate Tax Breaks
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here Four years ago, I kicked off an investigation of Big Pharma’s tax practices — the dodges and tricks these hugely profitable, multinational firms use to winnow down their tax bills. This was not all that long after Trump’s first tax breaks for corporations went into effect. […]
Wyden Unveils Findings of Pfizer Tax Dodging Investigation
Washington, D.C. – Continuing his ongoing investigation of drug company tax avoidance, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., unveiled new findings specific to tax dodging by the company Pfizer. In 2019, Pfizer sold $20 billion worth of drugs to American patients, but the company reported zero taxable U.S. profits by claiming 100 percent […]
Wyden Statement on Mass Layoffs and Restructuring at Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced mass layoffs and restructuring at the agency. “American families are going to be hurt by layoffs and closures of this magnitude, full stop,” […]
Wyden Opposes Faulkender Nomination
The Senate will soon take a vote on the nomination of Michael Faulkender to serve as Deputy Treasury Secretary. I urge my colleagues to oppose this nomination, and I want to explain why he got zero support from Democrats in the Finance Committee. Let’s start out with the big picture. For the last two months, […]