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 […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Markup of Treasury, U.S. Tax Court Nominations
The Finance Committee meets this morning to vote on four nominations. James Ives is nominated to serve as inspector general of the Department of the Treasury. And Rose Jenkins, Adam Landy, and Kashi Way are all nominated to serve as judges of the United States Tax Court. I’ll have brief remarks on each nominee before […]
At Finance Committee Hearing, Wyden Sounds Alarm on Taxpayer-Funded Abuse at Residential Treatment Facilities
Today, the Finance Committee meets to discuss the horrific abuse and neglect of children at too many residential treatment facilities, or RTFs – places that say they provide behavioral health care to vulnerable children, but often leave kids harmed and more traumatized than they started off. Just this morning, the Committee released a new report […]
Wyden Investigation Exposes Systemic Taxpayer-Funded Child Abuse and Neglect in Youth Residential Treatment Facilities
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the findings of a two-year investigation exposing systemic taxpayer-funded child abuse and neglect in youth residential treatment facilities (RTFs) across the United States. The Committee’s investigation into four major RTF operators revealed that children in these facilities are regularly subjected to physical, sexual, […]
Wyden Probes Kushner Firm Payments from Gulf States, Potential FARA Loophole
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today launched a new investigation of top Trump official Jared Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners, which reported that 99 percent of the billions of dollars it manages comes from foreign sources, primarily the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. […]
Finance Chair Wyden Questions BMW over its use of Components Made with Forced Labor
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on BMW to provide straight answers about its use of parts made by a banned Chinese supplier, following shifting explanations from the German automaker in response to a Finance Committee Democratic staff investigation, in a letter sent today. As part of the original investigation, […]