Wyden Urges CMS, ACF to Act Now to Protect Kids in Residential Treatment Facilities from Taxpayer-Funded Abuse and Neglect
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to use existing authorities to act now to protect and strengthen behavioral health services for children enrolled in Medicaid and who are in the child welfare system. […]
Wyden Highlights Savings for Seniors Thanks to IRA Price-Gouging Penalties
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today highlighted savings from the price-gouging penalties created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in a new analysis from Finance Committee majority staff. The price gouging penalties, also known as the inflation rebate, went into effect last year for Medicare Part B. Part B pays […]
Wyden Statement on Harris Economic Agenda
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a statement in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ new economic agenda released today: “Vice President Harris gets it – her economic agenda goes after the expenses that hit American families the hardest: housing, health care, and raising children. “While JD Vance didn’t even bother to […]
Wyden, Grassley Investigate Troubling Hire at United Network for Organ Sharing
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and former Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, co-authors of a bipartisan law to reform the U.S. organ donation system, are raising concerns regarding a potentially unethical hire at the long-troubled United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). UNOS, which has exclusively controlled the organ […]
Wyden Cheers Lower Drug Prices for Seniors Through Medicare Negotiation
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today celebrated the announcement by the Biden-Harris administration of lower drug prices for ten of the most expensive prescription drugs in Medicare, which were subject to negotiations between the federal government and the drug companies that manufacture them. “Today, Medicare has used the bargaining power […]
Wyden Statement on JD Vance and the Child Tax Credit
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on Senator JD Vance’s position on the child tax credit: “If JD Vance sincerely gave a whit about working families in America, he would have shown up in the Senate a week and a half ago and voted for my […]
Wyden, Lummis, Brown, Collins and Casey Release Bipartisan Legislation to Halt the Flood of Illicit Packages into the United States
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., today released bipartisan legislation to help Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stop the flow of illicit goods, including fentanyl, counterfeits, and products made with forced labor, into the country by […]
Wyden, Crapo Seek Details on AI Safeguards in Social Security
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O’Malley, requesting information about the Administration’s use of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in decisions about benefit eligibility or payment amounts. This letter builds on Wyden […]
Wyden Uncovers Private Jet Travel Still Undisclosed by Justice Thomas, Demands Travel Records from Thomas’ Benefactor Harlan Crow
Washington, D.C. – In a letter to an attorney representing Justice Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today newly revealed flights taken by Thomas aboard Crow’s private jet that Thomas has failed to disclose. The letter also restated demands for travel and financial records pertaining to Crow’s yacht, […]
Wyden Statement on Senate Republicans Blocking Wyden-Smith Tax Bill
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked debate on the Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act: “Sixteen million kids will be worse off and half a million will remain in poverty because Senate Republicans decided they’d rather wait around and hope […]