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 […]
Wyden Statement on Final Rules Promoting Good-Paying Clean Energy Jobs in America
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement today on the Treasury Department and IRS’s release of final rules regarding prevailing Wage and apprenticeship requirements passed in the Inflation Reduction Act: “The Inflation Reduction Act is not only the biggest action ever taken on the climate crisis, it’s […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Work and Social Security
This morning, the Finance Committee gathers to discuss how to update and strengthen Social Security disability programs to make it easier to work for Americans who have a severe disability and want to attempt to work again. When I talk to Americans with disabilities, they want to contribute to their communities, including work in the […]
Wyden, Senate Democrats Release Legislation to Stop Labor and Delivery Unit Closures in Rural and Underserved Communities
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 16 Senate Democrats today released draft legislation to address a rising trend of rural hospitals and hospitals in underserved areas closing their labor and delivery units with significant consequences for expectant parents, families, and their local communities. “Too many rural communities have become maternity […]
Wyden Statement on New IRS Effort to Address Tax Abuses by Large Partnerships
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the IRS’s announcement of a new enforcement effort focused on large partnerships that avoid paying what they owe with abusive transactions and highly complicated structures: “This new effort by the IRS focused on large partnerships represents a major enforcement […]
Wyden Urges Biden Administration to Investigate UnitedHealth Group Negligent Cybersecurity
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina S. Khan and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler urging the agencies to hold UnitedHealth Group (UHG) accountable for negligent cybersecurity practices, which caused substantial harm to consumers, investors, the health care […]