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, […]
Senators Leading Organ Procurement Reform Make Clear Congressional Intent to Ensure Adequate Oversight of Organ Transplant System
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today sent a letter to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Board of Directors to correct several misunderstandings put forward by the board in recent weeks […]
Wyden Hearing Statement on Keeping the Promise of Social Security for First Responders and Public Servants in Ohio
Thank you, Chairman Brown, for holding today’s hearing and for all the witnesses for participating. For nearly 90 years, Social Security has been a bedrock program on which millions of seniors and Americans with disabilities rely. Over 65 million Americans receive Social Security benefits today, including 2.6 million children. Without these earned benefits, more than […]
Wyden, Grassley, Cardin and Young Call on CMS to Strengthen Protections Against Excessive and Unnecessary Recoveries of Pancreata from Organ Donors
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Senate Finance Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.), today called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take additional measures to prevent abuse of pancreata procurement by organ procurement organizations (OPOs) after rates of pancreata […]
Following UnitedHealth Group Ransomware Attack, Wyden Urges HHS to Require Mandatory Cybersecurity Defenses for Large Health Care Companies
Washington, D.C. – Following UnitedHealth Group (UHG) ransomware cyberattack, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately mandate systemically important health care companies to improve their cybersecurity practices, and to protect against cyberattacks that can shut down medical centers for weeks and leave patients’ personal […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Renewing and Revitalizing Trade Preference Programs
This morning the Finance Committee meets to discuss how the United States can strengthen its trading partnerships around the globe through trade preference programs. I’m going to focus on two of the biggest and most important of these programs: the Generalized System of Preferences “GSP”, and the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or “AGOA.” Preference […]