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Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on ITC Nominees

Thank you, Chairman Crapo, for holding this hearing for a bipartisan panel of nominees, and thank you to the five candidates before us for being willing to serve. The International Trade Commission plays a critical role in enforcing our trade laws. That’s how you hold trade cheats accountable and make sure U.S. workers and businesses […]

Wyden Launches Inquiry Into Trump-Connected Blank Check Company Planning Venezuela Investments

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., launched an inquiry today into a blank-check company called Yorkville International Capital that has close ties to Donald Trump’s family and businesses and raised $200 million for the purpose of investing in Venezuela and Latin America. Yorkville is controlled by a firm whose financial […]

Wyden Statement on Trump IRS Chief Counsel Nomination

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement today on the Trump administration’s nomination of Jim Gadwood to serve as IRS chief counsel: “Any nominee willing to be a part of Trump’s corruption of the IRS and industrial-scale violation of taxpayer privacy laws will face a lot of […]

Wyden, Hassan, Press RFK Jr. on White House Involvement in Decision to Dismantle Vaccine Recommendations Panel

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., pressed Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over contradictory statements regarding his decision to fire the federal panel of experts that recommends which vaccines American children should […]

Wyden Seeks Input on New Policies to Lower Drug Prices

Text of the Request for Information (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a request for information on a host of proposals aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs, as a part of Senate Democrats’ work to make health care affordable for all Americans. “Americans are still […]

Wyden, Hoyle Reintroduce Bill to Tackle Housing Affordability Crisis, End Homelessness

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Congresswoman Val Hoyle (OR-4) yesterday reintroduced the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), comprehensive housing legislation that would spur construction of millions of housing units for working-class and middle-class Americans, create a new down payment tax credit for first-time homebuyers, […]

Wyden Statement on Federal Raids on Immigration Lawyers

Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after legal service providers for immigrants reported widespread raids by federal law enforcement to their offices, seeking individualized information on clients. “Once again, Trump and his cronies are tossing aside the rule of law to further their ideological crusade […]

Wyden Statement on IRS Data Sharing with ICE, New Watchdog Report

Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on a new report by an IRS watchdog regarding the Trump administration’s abuse of taxpayer data in its anti-immigration campaigns: “ICE is a lawless organization that should never have come anywhere near taxpayer data. It’s clear that ICE was […]

Americans Face the Brunt of Republican’s Disastrous Health Care Cuts

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., today released their latest report monitoring the terrible impact of Donald Trump and Republicans’ health care agenda, with a focus on the fallout of the Republican Big Ugly Bill. Last July, in […]