Wyden Announces Finance Committee Hearing on Cattle Supply Chains, Amazon Deforestation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a committee hearing on Thursday, June 22, 2023 titled “Cattle Supply Chains and Deforestation of the Amazon.” The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The witnesses at Thursday’s hearing will be: Ryan C. […]
Wyden, Warren, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Improve Access to Quality, Affordable Child Care for American Families
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today led colleagues in introducing legislation to help American families get access to the quality, affordable child care they need. The need to rebuild a stronger, more robust and more equitable child care system is more important than ever as working families across […]
Wyden Slams House Republican Plan to Cut Social Security and Medicare
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Republican Study Committee released its budget proposal. “The House Republican plan is a roadmap to ruin for Americans trying to make ends meet, and proof that Republicans are committed as ever to cutting Medicare and Medicaid while allowing Social […]
Wyden Launches Investigation of PGA-Saudi PIF Deal, Announces Plan to Revoke Saudi PIF’s Special Tax Treatment
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today opened a wide-ranging investigation into the “merger” agreement between the PGA Tour and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). In a letter to PGA leadership, Wyden sought the following: Clarification on the framework of the deal between the PGA Tour and […]
Wyden, Crapo, Menendez, Blackburn, Tester and Marshall Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reform PBMs and Bring Down the Cost of Prescription Drugs
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Finance Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) alongside U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), today introduced the Patients Before Middlemen (PBM) Act to delink the compensation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from drug price and utilization in order […]
Wyden Hearing Statement on Tax Provisions for Supporting Children and Families
The Finance Committee meets this morning to talk about tax policy tools for helping children and families climb the economic ladder. There are a lot of policy issues involved here, but in my view, it all comes down to one basic question. Congress has a proven strategy for lifting millions of American children out of […]
Wyden, Crapo, Smith and Neal Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Approve First Taiwan Trade Initiative Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., and Ranking Member Richard Neal, D-Mass., today announced legislation to approve the first trade agreement signed under the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade and set robust transparency and consultation requirements […]
Wyden Statement on House Republican Tax Package
Washington, D.C.—Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement today on the new tax package released by Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee: “As I’ve told Republicans repeatedly, Democrats are on board with fixing business tax incentives like R&D expensing as long as Congress also passes support for the most […]
Wyden and Pallone urge CMS to Protect Health Care Coverage During Medicaid Redetermination Process
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure today raising concerns regarding the actions of certain Republican-led states to improperly take […]
Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Corporatization and Consolidation in Health Care
The Finance Committee meets this morning to discuss corporatization and consolidation in the health care system and the effect that has on what American families pay and how they get their health care. When I hold town halls back home, the two challenges I hear about most often when it comes to health care are […]