Wyden Hearing Statement on Tax Court Nominations
The Finance Committee meets this morning to discuss three nominations to the U.S. Tax Court. I’ll begin with Jeffrey Arbeit, who has served for nearly a decade as a legislation counsel with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation. His work there focuses on some of the most complicated areas of tax law, including […]
Wyden, Crapo Lead Introduction of Bipartisan Bill to Improve Unemployment Insurance
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and 10 Senate cosponsors introduced bipartisan legislation today that would make key improvements to the nation’s unemployment insurance system. The legislation, titled the Unemployment Insurance Integrity and Accessibility Act, would focus on program administration and integrity to combat fraud and […]
Wyden Renews Call for PBM Reforms Needed to Lower Drug Prices and Increase Access Following New FTC Report
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their impact on the access and affordability of prescription drugs. “Middlemen are right at the heart of Americans’ frustration with the health care system: high […]
Wyden and Whitehouse Ask Attorney General to Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Potential Ethics and Tax Law Violations by Justice Clarence Thomas and His Benefactors
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week requesting the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate potential violations of ethics, false statement, and tax laws by […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Need for Congress to Address America’s Child Care Crisis
It seems like a perfect time to take stock of our priorities, especially when it comes to the wellbeing of working families. Firefighters, nurses, and scores of other hard working Americans all have something in common: they pay taxes with every paycheck, but millions of families can’t afford a basic necessity like child care. Contrast […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Tax and Economic Platform
“Donald Trump has falsified the Republican platform to hide his true intentions like he illegally falsified business records to cover up the affair he had with a porn actress. It’s a waste of time to read into a flimsy campaign document like this to divine Trump’s tax and economic plans. The man used to be […]
Wyden and Warren Urges GAO to Review States’ Medicaid Coverage of Mifepristone in the Aftermath of the Dobbs Decision
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urging the agency to update its 2019 report on state Medicaid programs’ coverage of mifepristone, which, in addition to misoprostol, is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription for abortion […]
Wyden Statement on Supreme Court Ruling to Restrict Emergency Room Care for Women
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a case to determine whether hospitals that participate in Medicare are required to provide abortions to those entering an emergency room in need of health care to stabilize an emergency medical condition under federal law governed by […]
Wyden Statement on HHS Watchdog Report on Lack of Oversight at Youth Residential Treatment Facilities
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the new U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) report, “Many States Lack Information To Monitor Maltreatment in Residential Facilities for Children in Foster Care,” which Wyden and colleagues requested in 2020: “This […]
Wyden Calls for Action to Stop PBM Middlemen from Flagrantly Flouting Medicare Rules that Protect Pharmacies
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to step up oversight and enforcement of Medicare Part D program requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that protect pharmacies from unfair contracting practices. “I am alarmed to hear reports that PBM contracting practices […]