WATCH: Wyden Blasts Trump Social Security Nominee for Lying Over DOGE Connections, Following Whistleblower Statement
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today blasted Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, after a whistleblower statement provided to Wyden’s office showed Bisignano lied about his connections to DOGE and its efforts to break Social Security. Wyden also sounded the alarm on Trump and […]
Wyden Investigation Finds Rapid Growth in Spending on Marketing Middlemen Among Medicare Advantage Plans
Text of the Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released an investigation into the marketing practices of health insurance companies that sell Medicare Advantage plans, with a focus on third-party marketing organizations (TPMOs) that insurers are increasingly employing to maximize the number of American seniors enrolled in […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing to Consider Nomination of Frank Bisignano to Lead Social Security
This morning the Finance Committee gathers to discuss the future of the Social Security Administration and its potential new leader, Frank Bisignano. Today’s news brings fresh reports that it’s bedlam out there in Social Security. That’s what I heard last week from senior Social Security staffers at a town hall meeting I arranged for federal […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Markup of Dr. Oz to be CMS Administrator
Later today, this Committee will vote on Dr. Oz’s nomination. I’m going to spend a few minutes explaining why I cannot support his nomination. During his confirmation hearing, Dr. Oz was given the chance to assure the American people that he would not be a rubber stamp for Republicans’ plans to gut Medicaid and hike […]
Wyden Statement on Debt Ceiling Projection
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Bipartisan Policy Center’s new projection that the U.S. could default on its debt as soon as July: “The economic agenda for Trump and Republicans is about running up the debt and inflicting pain on working families to […]
Wyden Delivers Remarks and Asks Unanimous Consent to Pass the Bipartisan Health Care Act
Watch a video of Wyden deliver his remarks here I come to the Senate floor today to pass a set of critical improvements to America’s health care system. This legislation is overwhelmingly bipartisan, fully paid for, and targeted at two objectives every Senator should support: improving health care for Americans and cracking down on middlemen […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Nomination Hearing of Dr. Mehmet Oz to Lead CMS
Dr. Mehmet Oz is nominated to oversee the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is responsible for the health and well-being of over 160 million Americans. Once again, our dedicated investigators on the Finance Committee have brought the receipts. Dr. Oz is the second Trump nominee to come before the Finance Committee this year […]
Wyden Opposes Faulkender Nomination, Slams Trump Weaponization of IRS
Before we get to the business at hand, I need to address what is happening down the street. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are intent on violating taxpayer privacy laws and weaponizing the IRS against American taxpayers. It’s as simple as that. They’ve now forced out the nonpartisan officials in the only two Senate-confirmed positions […]
Wyden Statement on Massive Deficit Impact of Trump IRS Layoffs
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Yale Budget Lab’s new report showing that the Trump-Musk administration’s rumored IRS layoffs could lead to a 10-year deficit increase of $2.4 trillion and that the wealthy would benefit the most from Trump gutting tax enforcement: “Taking […]
Senate Finance Democrats Demand Hearing to Investigate Trump-Musk Attacks on Social Security
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and every Democratic member of the committee urged Chair Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, to immediately convene a hearing to investigate the alarming developments at the Social Security Administration (SSA) in light of Elon Musk’s DOGE demanding full access to Americans’ most sensitive information and planning […]