Wyden Sounds Alarm on Trump Administration’s Critical Failure to Fund Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Minors
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement ahead of the expected lapse of a federal contract this Friday that funds a network of legal service providers who assist unaccompanied children in navigating the legal system while they are in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement […]
Wyden Seeks Input on Major Reforms to Health Coverage in America
Text of the Document (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a comprehensive request for information on a range of policy proposals aimed at improving health care for all Americans. “Americans are demanding action to address the dismal reality of health care: they are paying more but getting […]
Wyden, Finance Democrats Offer Plan to End Trump Tax Audit Immunity Deal, Bar Future Corruption
Text of the Amendment (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led every Senate Democrat on the Finance Committee in the introduction of an amendment to the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act that would end Trump’s tax audit immunity settlement. The amendment will receive a vote in the committee’s Thursday […]
Wyden Statement on Trump’s Latest Tariff Tantrum
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it will impose steep tariffs on more than 80 countries around the world, under the guise of combating forced labor. “This is a blatant attempt to revive Trump’s illegal global tariffs under a different […]
Wyden, Whitehouse Demand Update on DOGE Infiltration of the Social Security Administration
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano urging the SSA to finally detail the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) activities at the Social Security Administration amid public reporting and whistleblower declarations […]
Wyden Statement on Trump Attacks on Safety Net for Legal Immigrants
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Trump administration released its final rule on so-called “public charge” regulations that threaten to punish lawfully-present immigrants for seeking out basic necessities like health coverage and food assistance. “Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are once again training […]
Wyden Opposes Trump Treasury Nominees
As Prepared for Delivery This morning the Finance Committee will vote on four nominees chosen by Donald Trump to serve at the epicenter of his corruption and self-dealing: the Treasury Department. I said last week that it was up to these four nominees to show the committee that they had the independence and judgement to […]
Wyden, Senate Democrats Call for Independent Investigation Into Political Interference in IRS Audits Following Departure of Top Trump Tax Official
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 11 members of the Finance Committee called on independent investigators at the Treasury Department to open an investigation into whether Trump administration officials are violating federal laws that prohibit political influence over […]
Wyden, Warren, Baldwin, Colleagues Press Bisignano on Misleading, Partisan Email Sent to Social Security Beneficiaries
“(F)ew presidents have done more than President Trump to damage Social Security — yet in an Orwellian twist, you are misusing official resources to heap praise on him.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) led […]
Wyden Introduces Bill to Reassert Congressional Authority Over International Trade to Put Workers and Employers First, Not Presidential Cronies and Politically Connected Special Interests
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a bill to reassert that the United States Constitution gives Congress the authority over international trade, ending decades of executive branch overreach that has fueled public dissatisfaction with trade actions and emboldened Donald Trump’s illegal and economically disastrous tariff spree. The U.S. Constitution […]