Wyden Slams RFK Jr.’s Failure to Answer Basic Questions on Vaccines
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returned written answers to questions to committee members following his nomination hearing to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The statement comes as the Trump administration has begun to systemically disable federal […]
Wyden, Finance Democrats Press RFK Jr. to Reject Big Pharma Pause on Medicare Negotiation
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and all 12 Democratic members of the committee today sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressing him to answer nearly a dozen questions regarding his views on Medicare drug price negotiation and confirm he will not pause negotiations, as CEOs representing the […]
Wyden Statement on Confirmation Hearing of HHS Secretary Nominee RFK Jr.
The question before the Finance Committee this morning is whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be trusted with the health and well-being of the American people. Committee staff have examined thousands of pages of statements, books, and podcast transcripts in a review of his record. The receipts show that Mr. Kennedy has embraced conspiracy theories, […]
Wyden Statement Opposing Bessent Confirmation
The Senate will vote shortly on the nomination of Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary. I urge my colleagues to oppose his confirmation. A few reasons why. First off the list, nearly a million dollars in unpaid Medicare taxes. For the vast majority of Americans, paying Medicare taxes is automatic. They come straight out of every […]
Wyden, Warren, Sanders Urge President Trump to Reject Big Pharma’s Push to End Medicare Price Negotiations, Protect Medicare Enrollees
“You once said that [d]eals are [your] art form…You should use those skills to cut drug prices and flat out reject any request to end negotiations from giant pharmaceutical makers that have spent decades putting profits over patients.” Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs […]
Wyden Opposes Bessent Nomination for Treasury Secretary
I’ll have just a few key points explaining why I will oppose Mr. Bessent’s nomination. First off, Mr. Bessent is not square on his taxes. Like a lot of Wall Street titans, he’s opted out of paying a fair share into Medicare, starving the program of almost a million dollars over just three years. The […]
Wyden Statement on IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel’s Departure
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel’s announcement that he will leave the agency this weekend: “Danny Werfel has been an exceptional IRS commissioner. He oversaw historic improvements in taxpayer service, and he will leave the IRS in much better shape than […]
Wyden Introduces Bill to End Cuba Embargo, Establish Normal Trade Relations
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced the U.S.-Cuba Trade Act of 2025 to repeal outdated sanctions on Cuba and establish normal trade relations with the island nation. Wyden introduced the bill after the Biden White House announced this week it was removing Cuba from the list of state […]
Wyden Hails Announcement of Next 15 Drugs Tapped for Medicare Negotiation
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Biden Administration announced the 15 prescription drugs covered by Medicare Part D that will be negotiated by Medicare this year: “Donald Trump spent his first four years as president talking a big game about standing up to Big Pharma with nothing […]
Wyden Statement on Bessent Nomination
In a Trump economy the winners’ circle is small, and it’s dominated by the ultra-wealthy. Working people and the middle class are on the outside looking in, and Trump and his advisors are indifferent to the problems they face every day. I’ve had more than 1,100 town hall meetings in Oregon. The second word I […]