Wyden Announces Finance Committee Hearing Examining Prescription Drug Shortages
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a committee hearing on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 titled “Drug Shortages: Examining Supply Challenges, Impacts, and Policy Solutions from a Federal Health Program Perspective.” The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The witnesses […]
Wyden Urges House Republicans to Take Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Off the Table in Fiscal Commission Proposal
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement ahead of tomorrow’s House Budget Committee hearing on legislative proposals to establish fiscal commissions that would allow fast track cuts to earned benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Speaker Johnson lost all credibility on the deficit when he passed a […]
Wyden, Whitehouse, King Lead Colleagues to Introduce Bill to Ensure Hedge Fund Managers Pay Fair Share in Taxes
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. and Angus King, I-Maine, today led colleagues in introducing legislation to close the carried interest loophole and ensure hedge fund managers and private equity CEOs pay their fair share in taxes. “Our nation’s tax code is riddled with loopholes […]
Bipartisan Senators Urge CBP to Stop Imports of Clothing Made with Forced Labor By Ramping Up Oversight and Enforcement of Supply Chains
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Mark Warner, D-Va., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure Chinese companies aren’t evading U.S. laws against forced labor and costing American jobs, by stepping up […]
Wyden, Crapo Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Exports of Fruit, Vegetables, Nuts and Other Specialty Crops
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced legislation today to help farmers fight through trade barriers and sell more fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops in foreign markets. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., will introduce the House […]
Wyden, Crapo Press Federal Agencies on Use of Artificial Intelligence
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) requested information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) on how the agencies are employing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and what steps they are taking […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining Tax Dodging Schemes Used by Ultra-Wealthy Americans
This Congress the Senate Finance Committee has investigated a number of tax schemes that the very wealthy – with the help of armies of high-priced tax lawyers and accountants – use to pay virtually no federal tax for years on end. Today, we’ll examine one strategy – among others – called “Buy Borrow Die.” Just […]
Wyden, Crapo Applaud Committee Passage of Legislation to Improve Mental Health Care, Lower Drug Costs and Extend Essential Medicaid and Medicare Programs
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today lauded committee passage of the Better Mental Health Care, Lower Drug Cost, and Extenders Act, which was reported out of committee 26-0. The legislation expands mental health care and substance use disorder services under Medicaid and Medicare, reduces […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Markup of the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act
The Finance Committee convenes today to vote on a package of health proposals that represents key bipartisan initiatives undertaken by this Committee and achieves four goals: expanding access to mental health care and mental health parity for Americans with Medicare and Medicaid coverage; further reining in the shadowy tactics by pharmacy benefit managers that hurt […]
Proposed CMS Rule on Medicare Advantage Marketing
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement after CMS proposed a new rule to crack down on perverse marketing incentives in Medicare Advantage. The rule comes after Senator Wyden led Senate Finance Committee Democrats in pressing CMS to take swift action to protect seniors against marketing scams. […]