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 […]
Wyden Presses Trump Administration on Secretive Facility Being Prepared for Unaccompanied Children As Part of Broader Effort to End Federal Protection of Immigrant Children
Text of the Letter to Administration for Children and Families / Text of the Letter to Compass Connections Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sought more answers about the Trump administration’s effort to accelerate deportations, specifically about reported plans to set up a former military base in Alexandria, Louisiana […]
Wyden Refers Findings on Leon Black’s Epstein Ties to House Oversight Committee
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today referred key findings from his four-year investigation into Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black’s financial and personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (KY-01) and Ranking Member Robert Garcia (CA-42). Black is scheduled to testify […]
Wyden Slams Trump’s Audit Immunity Deal, Demands Answers from Bessent
It was just a matter of time before the Trump administration set the new high-water mark for public corruption in America, and that moment arrived a little more than two weeks ago with the settlement of Trump’s ridiculous IRS lawsuit. This hearing is the first opportunity for Congress to examine it. Let’s zoom out to […]
Wyden Slams Trump Plan for Medicaid Paperwork Requirements
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released a statement today after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an interim final rule that dictates how states must set up new Medicaid paperwork requirements that will result in millions of Americans losing access to health care. “Today’s announcement marks […]
Wyden Statement on International Trade Commission Nominees
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on Donald Trump’s nomination of Samuel Negatu and Bart Thanhauser to serve on the U.S. International Trade Commission: “I am pleased to see new nominees for the International Trade Commission, including two well-qualified Democrats. Samuel Negatu and Bart Thanhauser […]
Wyden, Finance Committee Democrats Call for Bipartisan Investigation of Trump Slush Fund and Interference with Tax Audits
Washington, D.C. – Led by Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee called on Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today to launch a bipartisan committee investigation into the corrupt settlement of Donald Trump’s lawsuit against his own administration, the creation of a $1.8 slush fund for right-wing violence and subversion, and […]