Wyden, Durbin, Brown Investigate Trump Advisor Boris Epshteyn’s Cash for Cabinet Appointment Scheme
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Majority Whip and Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chair Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wrote today to longtime Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn and the Trump-Vance transition organization seeking information and records pertaining to Epshteyn’s widely-reported scheme to sell his […]
Wyden Urges GAO to Investigate the Deceptive Marketing Schemes of Youth Residential Treatment Facilities
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the deceptive advertising and marketing practices of youth residential treatment facilities (RTFs) and the role third-party marketing affiliates play in securing placements for children in child welfare system in these facilities. The GAO has a long […]
Wyden Investigation Highlights Dangers of Post-Dobbs Emergency Medical Care for Pregnant Women
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the findings of the Committee’s investigation into eight hospitals that reportedly delayed and denied women emergency reproductive health care in potential violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) post-Dobbs. The Committee’s report, “Practicing Amid ‘a Minefield’: Emergency Reproductive Health […]
Wyden, Ossoff, Warnock Seek Watchdog Investigation into Waste and Mismanagement in Georgia Pathways Program
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and Senator Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., urged the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the costs of implementing the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program, which the state has used to limit access to Medicaid coverage. Only 4,231 Georgians have enrolled through this […]
Wyden, Cortez Masto Investigate Billy Long’s Work Promoting Fraud-Ridden Tax Credits to Small Businesses
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) wrote today to two organizations seeking information about the involvement of former Congressman Billy Long, Trump nominee for IRS Commissioner, in the sale of advice related to the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), a fraud-ridden program that has cost […]
Wyden Hails Health Policies in Year-End Legislation
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after legislative text was released for year-end spending legislation, which includes several health care policies championed by Wyden and the Finance Committee. “Health care is far and away the leading political issue for many American families, and it’s the reason I […]
Chairman Wyden Remarks on International Trade Commission Nominees
This morning the Senate Finance Committee meets to consider three nominees to serve on the International Trade Commission: James Bernard Coughlan, of Illinois, and Halie L. Craig, of Pennsylvania. There is one piece of Committee business I’d like to address before I get to these nominations. Today is Senator Kim’s first hearing since joining the […]
Wyden Releases Proposal to Close Private Placement Life Insurance Tax Shelter Used by the Ultra-Rich
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released draft legislation today to close a tax loophole that allows the ultra-rich to shelter tens of billions of dollars in income from taxes through the use of private placement life insurance (PPLI) contracts. PPLI policies are related in name only to the typical life […]
Wyden, Warren Question TD Bank on Money Laundering Scheme Involving Chinese Fentanyl Trafficking
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter on Monday to TD Bank Group President Bharat Masrani seeking information related to the bank’s involvement in a criminal conspiracy involving a scheme to launder nearly $500 million from the sale of illicit fentanyl trafficked by Chinese […]
Wyden Statement on Trump’s Social Security Commissioner Nomination
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement on Donald Trump’s announcement that he would nominate Frank Bisignano to be the commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA): “Millions of Americans count on Social Security to deliver defined benefits they earned by paying into the program out of every […]