Wyden Blasts Trump Tariffs, Urges Bipartisan Support of Bill to Protect Consumers from Trade War
Watch the video of Wyden’s remarks on the Senate floor here I rise to support my colleague Senator Shaheen’s request for unanimous consent to pass the “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act.” This is a straightforward bill. All it does is clarify that the President’s emergency powers can’t be used to put […]
Wyden Statement on Senseless Trump Tariffs on Products from Canada, Mexico and China
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Trump unilaterally imposed massive tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China. These tariffs could cost average families up to $2,000 a year in higher prices: “Donald Trump is waging economic terrorism against American families. Trump promised to lower prices. Instead, […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Administration Ending Enforcement of Key Anti-Money Laundering Law
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s announcement that it will not enforce a key law designed to crack down on money laundering: “The takeaway here is that Trump is a rich financial criminal, and he’s running his administration for the benefit […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Administration Seeking to Weaponize Taxpayer Data
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on a report that the Trump administration is pushing the IRS to disclose taxpayer data in violation of data privacy laws: “The Trump administration is attempting to illegally weaponize our tax system against people it deems undesirable, and if […]
Wyden, Finance Committee Democrats Object to Treasury Nomination Hearing
Washington, D.C. – Led by Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee released the following joint statement today after committee Republicans scheduled a hearing on the nomination of Michael Faulkender for deputy Treasury secretary without bipartisan consent: “This afternoon, we informed Chairman Crapo and his staff that we object to […]
Wyden Statement on Trump’s Latest Threat to Raise Prices on American Families
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s announcement that 25 percent tariffs on everything Americans buy from Canada and Mexico will go into effect next week, and tariffs on products from China will increase to 20 percent: “Trump is driving the U.S. economy straight into […]
Wyden and Sanders Warn Trump Layoffs Threaten Organ Transplant Reform Effort
Letter from Senate Health Leaders Comes as a Report from the New York Times Shows Alarming Disregard for Organ Transplant Waiting List 17 Americans Die Every Day While Waiting for an Organ Transplant Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Plan to Fire Half of Social Security Workforce
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following reports that the Acting Commissioner has asked managers at the Social Security Administration to produce a plan that would result in the termination of 50 percent of workers at the agency. “Firing half of all Social Security workers will […]
Wyden Opposes the Nomination of Greer to be USTR Ahead of Floor Vote
I rise in opposition to the nomination of Jamieson Greer to serve as United States Trade Representative. If confirmed, Mr. Greer would be the top official on one of Donald Trump’s signature issues – trade and tariffs. Trump was elected president largely on the promise of lowering prices for American families and remaking the global […]
Wyden, Colleagues Urge Federal Courts to Affirm That Congress Holds the Power to Crack Down on Money Laundering
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined his colleagues in filing amicus briefs that called on two federal courts to affirm that Congress holds the power to crack down on anonymous money laundering under the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act passed in 2021. The four-year-old law is considered the most important anti-money laundering law […]