Finance Committee Invites Justice Thomas to Clarify Remarks Regarding $267,000 Luxury Motor Coach Loan From Wealthy Businessman
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today invited an attorney for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to clarify his remarks regarding a $267,000 loan the justice received from a wealthy businessman. Both the businessman and documents reviewed by Finance Committee Staff indicated Justice Thomas did not repay the loan in full, […]
Wyden Floor Statement In Support of Martin O’Malley to be Social Security Commissioner
Watch a video of Wyden’s Senate Floor remarks here As Prepared for Delivery Madam President, I rise to support the nomination of Martin O’Malley to be the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Americans may see the job title of “Social Security Commissioner” and ask themselves, “what does the commissioner do? I paid into Social […]
Wyden Statement on Medicaid Redeterminations Data
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released new data about coverage among children in states as they continue to redetermine eligibility of their residents for Medicaid following the end of pandemic-era coverage policies: “Today CMS has made it clear: […]
Wyden Statement on Treasury Guidance on SAF Credit
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on new guidance from the U.S. Department of Treasury on the sustainable aviation fuel credit: “Thanks to Senator Brown’s leadership, Congress passed this innovative credit to tackle one of the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors and to reward American fuel producers and farmers for taking concrete steps to reduce […]
Wyden Statement on Treasury Guidance on Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on new guidance from the U.S. Department of Treasury on the advanced manufacturing production credit for solar, wind, battery and critical mineral supply chains: “I wrote the Inflation Reduction Act to make an historic investment in clean energy manufacturing here at home. […]
Wyden, Jayapal and Jacobs Inquiry Finds Pharmacies Fail to Protect the Privacy of Americans’ Medical Records; HHS Must Update Health Privacy Rules
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., revealed that major pharmacy chains fail to protect the privacy of their customers, in the results of a new inquiry released today. The members called on the Department of Health and Human Services to improve […]
Wyden Floor Statement on Solving the National Housing Crisis
Watch a video of Wyden’s Senate Floor remarks here As Prepared for Delivery I come to the floor today to talk about something I’ve heard raised in nearly every single one of the 1,065 open-to-all town halls I’ve held in every county across Oregon: our nation’s housing crisis. Oregonians from Brookings to Baker City and […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Markup of the Nomination of Martin O’Malley to be Social Security Commissioner
Today, the Finance Committee will consider the nomination of Martin O’Malley to be Commissioner of Social Security. When I first met the nominee in my office, I said to him that this position–above all else–is about service, not politics. He agreed. My first question to him at his hearing was whether he agreed that this […]
Wyden Leads Colleagues in Urging HHS to Finalize and Swiftly Implement Rule to Better Support and Protect LGBTQIA+ Foster Children and Youth
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led Democratic colleagues in expressing support for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed rule that would help ensure LGBTQIA+ children and youth in foster care feel safe and valued and receive appropriate services without discrimination or prejudice. “As members of […]
Wyden Statement on Biden Announcement to Make Prescription Drugs Cheaper and More Widely Available When Funded by Taxpayer Research
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Biden Administration announced it was pursuing steps to allow the federal government to license the patent of a prescription drug to another manufacturer if that product was created through taxpayer-funded research and is not reasonably available on the market: “Taxpayer-funded research has […]