Wyden Statement on Uganda Anti-LGBTQI+ Law
Washington, D.C.—Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on President Biden to revoke key trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from Uganda in response to an extreme new law that would punish LGBTQI+ individuals with jail or even the death penalty: “The United States must not extend trade benefits to […]
Wyden Statement on House Republican International Tax Bill
Washington, D.C.—Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the House Republican international tax bill: “In 2017 Republicans passed a tax law that created new incentives to ship jobs and park profits overseas, and they have resisted every effort to ensure that multinational corporations pay a fair share. It’s now abundantly clear […]
Wyden Offers Support for Biden Stance on Work Reporting Requirements
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing support for his position to reject any proposals that take away health care coverage from Americans or increase poverty. “I am deeply disturbed by the House Republicans’ push to threaten Medicaid health coverage for over 20 […]
Wyden Requests Information on How Medicare Will Administer Coverage for New Alzheimer’s Medications
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Biden Administration for information about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) plans to help Americans access new Alzheimer’s medications that are coming to market. “I write today to ask CMS to provide prompt, clear, and publicly available information about how Medicare […]
Wyden, Beyer Call on DOJ to Crack Down on Swiss Banks Enabling Tax Evasion, Prosecute Bankers Involved
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.-08), former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland, called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to crack down on Swiss banks enabling ongoing tax evasion by U.S. citizens and hold accountable individual bankers involved in these criminal schemes. The joint letter to Attorney General […]
Wyden Continues Investigation Into Foreign Banks Enabling U.S. Tax Evasion
Washington, D.C. – Following the release of a two-year investigation that found Credit Suisse enabled ongoing, potentially criminal tax evasion by failing to report the outflow of fortunes belonging to U.S. citizens — a violation of its 2014 plea agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) expanded […]
Wyden Hearing Statement on IRA Tax Incentives to Create Jobs and Investments in Energy Communities
The Finance Committee meets this morning for our first hearing on America’s energy transformation since the Inflation Reduction Act became law. Two years ago, almost to the day, this committee voted on the Clean Energy for America Act. In writing that legislation, our lodestar was developing a technology-neutral, market-oriented energy policy in which the more […]
Bipartisan Senators Introduce Legislation to Break Up Monopoly Contract for Organ Donation Network
Washington, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today led the introduction of legislation to help break up the monopoly contract currently held by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to manage the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). “Major changes are […]
Wyden Responds to Harlan Crow, Restates Questions on Gifts to Clarence Thomas
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today responded in a new letter to billionaire Republican activist Harlan Crow’s attorney and resubmitted key questions regarding real estate transactions and gifts of luxury travel he has provided to Justice Clarence Thomas and his family over multiple decades. Crow’s attorney replied to Senator Wyden’s […]
Wyden Statement on IRS Direct Free File Study
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the release of the feasibility study showing broad support among Americans for the IRS setting up a system that would allow taxpayers to file returns directly to the IRS online for free: “Between tricking Americans into accepting unnecessary charges and lobbying […]