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April 3, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, USDA - Back Away from Detrimental Changes to SNAP Work Requirements
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
March 29, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Daniel Levinson, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Bicameral Health Leaders Urge HHS OIG to Investigate Verma's Use of Millions in Taxpayer Funds on GOP Consultants
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
March 28, 2019
Letter to Secretary Sonny Perdue - Group of Senators Urges Trump Administration to Withdraw Proposed SNAP Rule
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Feb. 21, 2019
Letter to Secretary Azar - Trump Administration to Stop Allowing Harmful Medicaid Waivers
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Feb. 7, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Guthrie Leads Effort to Protect Medicare Program
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Feb. 6, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the Department of Health and Human Services - Gardner, Cortez Masto, Crapo, and Bipartisan Group of Senators Send Letter Requesting Administration Stabilize Medicare Advantage Program
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Jan. 31, 2019
Letter to Nancy A. Berryhill - Trump Proposal Threatens Due Process in Social Security Appeals
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Jan. 15, 2019
Wyden Urges Feds to Clear Up Health Care Coverage Questions for Employees Furloughed in Trump Shutdown
Sen. Ron Wyden
Jan. 15, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Margaret Weichert, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management - Wyden Urges Feds to Clear Up Health Care Coverage Questions for Employees Furloughed in Trump Shutdown
Sen. Ron Wyden
Jan. 10, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, HHS and the Hon. Seema Verma, CMS - Democratic Health Leaders Question Trump Administration's Use of ACA Marketplace User Fees
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Jan. 10, 2019
Wyden, Merkley Back Measure to Give Medicare Drug Negotiating Power
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Bicameral Democratic Health Leaders Demand Answers on Trump Administration's Short-Term Insurance Plans
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Members of Congress Demand Answers on Upcoming SNAP Benefit Lapse
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Dec. 6, 2018
Wyden Recognizes Bipartisan Health Care Accomplishments, Charts Next Steps on Chronic Care
Sen. Ron Wyden
Nov. 16, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, The Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury - Democratic Health Leaders Tell Trump to End Attacks on Americans' Health Care
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Nov. 15, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Wyden, Markup on Social Security and PBGC Nominations
Sen. Ron Wyden
Nov. 15, 2018
Wyden, Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Help Working Families Save for Retirement
Sen. Ron Wyden
Oct. 22, 2018
Wyden: Knives are Out for Social Security and Medicare
Sen. Ron Wyden
Oct. 17, 2018
Senator Wyden Welcomes Strengthening of VA Pension Program to Protect Aging Veterans from Financial Scams
Sen. Ron Wyden
Oct. 11, 2018
Wyden Statement on 2019 Social Security COLA
Sen. Ron Wyden
Oct. 2, 2018
Schakowsky, Bonamici, Norcross introduce the Women's Pension Protection Act
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Oct. 2, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Wyden, Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Andrew M. Saul, of New York, to be Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring January 19, 2019
Sen. Ron Wyden
Aug. 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, the Hon. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and the Hon. Collin Peterson - House Dems Oppose Restricting Access to SNAP
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Aug. 27, 2018
Letter to Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, Representative Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Representative Collin Peterson, Ranking Member - Environmental Concerns in Farm Bill
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Pallone, Wyden Warn Trump Administration Against Moving Forward on Harmful Medicaid Waivers
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Aug. 3, 2018
Hirono Introduces Legislation to Protect Medicare and Medicaid from Partisan Attacks
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
June 25, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Pat Roberts, Chairman for the Senate Committe on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Honorable Debbie Stabenow - Feinstein, Cantwell, King Join Bipartisan Call for Increased Funding for Agriculture Export Programs
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
June 21, 2018
Wyden Statement on Trump Administration's Plan to Reorganize Basic Assistance, Slash Benefits for Millions of Americans
Sen. Ron Wyden
June 20, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Chairman Crowley and Reps. Larson, Davis, Cummings, Beyer, and Moore Call on President Trump to Stop Closing Social Security Field Offices
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
June 1, 2018
Bonamici Discusses Harmful Proposed Cuts to Food Programs with Oregon Advocates
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
May 23, 2018
Janus V. AFSCME
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
April 18, 2018
Senators Introduce 'Choose Medicare Act' to Make Medicare Available to Everyone
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
April 12, 2018
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen. Ron Wyden
April 12, 2018
Wyden, Brown, Casey Propose Largest Reduction of Senior Poverty in a Generation
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
April 9, 2018
Wyden: CBO Report Highlights GOP Threats to Americans' Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
Sen. Ron Wyden
April 9, 2018
Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
Sen. Ron Wyden
March 23, 2018
Wyden Cheers Boost to Social Security to Reduce Massive Disability Backlog
Sen. Ron Wyden
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the US, GAO - Call for Study of Administrative Waste Caused by Harmful Medicaid Waivers
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
March 8, 2018
Statement on Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018
Sen. Ron Wyden
Feb. 27, 2018
Wyden Co-sponsors Bill to Protect Veterans
Sen. Ron Wyden
Feb. 5, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Chairman Crowley, Ranking Member Larson Lead Letter Urging President Trump to Support Increased Funding for the Social Security Administration
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Jan. 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Eric D. Hargan, Acting Secretary and Deputy Secretary, HHS - Unprecedented, Harmful Medicaid Changes
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Oct. 26, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of Treasury, Gary Cohn, Cheif Economic Advisor, Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means - Cardin, Stabenow, Brown, Wyden, Casey Call on Republican Leaders to Protect Retirement Savings Accounts in Tax Plan
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Oct. 18, 2017
Wyden Amendment to Budget would Stop Republican Funding Cuts to Meals on Wheels
Sen. Ron Wyden
Oct. 4, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Reject Proposed GOP Budgets that Cut Critical Medicare and Medicaid Programs in Order to Fund Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives - Members of Congress to Reject Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Sept. 27, 2017
Executive Calendar
Sen. Ron Wyden
Sept. 20, 2017
Wyden Statement on CMS Announcement to Radically Reform CMMI
Sen. Ron Wyden
Sept. 14, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Hon. Gary Cohn, Chief Economic Advisor, the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means - Senators Opposes Republican Proposal to Take Away Tax-Deferred Retirement Plans
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
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Politician
April 3, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, USDA - Back Away from Detrimental Changes to SNAP Work Requirements
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
March 29, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Daniel Levinson, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Bicameral Health Leaders Urge HHS OIG to Investigate Verma's Use of Millions in Taxpayer Funds on GOP Consultants
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
March 28, 2019
Letter to Secretary Sonny Perdue - Group of Senators Urges Trump Administration to Withdraw Proposed SNAP Rule
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Feb. 21, 2019
Letter to Secretary Azar - Trump Administration to Stop Allowing Harmful Medicaid Waivers
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Feb. 7, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Guthrie Leads Effort to Protect Medicare Program
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Feb. 6, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the Department of Health and Human Services - Gardner, Cortez Masto, Crapo, and Bipartisan Group of Senators Send Letter Requesting Administration Stabilize Medicare Advantage Program
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Jan. 31, 2019
Letter to Nancy A. Berryhill - Trump Proposal Threatens Due Process in Social Security Appeals
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Jan. 15, 2019
Wyden Urges Feds to Clear Up Health Care Coverage Questions for Employees Furloughed in Trump Shutdown
Sen.Ron Wyden
Jan. 15, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Margaret Weichert, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management - Wyden Urges Feds to Clear Up Health Care Coverage Questions for Employees Furloughed in Trump Shutdown
Sen.Ron Wyden
Jan. 10, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, HHS and the Hon. Seema Verma, CMS - Democratic Health Leaders Question Trump Administration's Use of ACA Marketplace User Fees
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Jan. 10, 2019
Wyden, Merkley Back Measure to Give Medicare Drug Negotiating Power
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Bicameral Democratic Health Leaders Demand Answers on Trump Administration's Short-Term Insurance Plans
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Members of Congress Demand Answers on Upcoming SNAP Benefit Lapse
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Dec. 6, 2018
Wyden Recognizes Bipartisan Health Care Accomplishments, Charts Next Steps on Chronic Care
Sen.Ron Wyden
Nov. 16, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, The Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury - Democratic Health Leaders Tell Trump to End Attacks on Americans' Health Care
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Nov. 15, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Wyden, Markup on Social Security and PBGC Nominations
Sen.Ron Wyden
Nov. 15, 2018
Wyden, Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Help Working Families Save for Retirement
Sen.Ron Wyden
Oct. 22, 2018
Wyden: Knives are Out for Social Security and Medicare
Sen.Ron Wyden
Oct. 17, 2018
Senator Wyden Welcomes Strengthening of VA Pension Program to Protect Aging Veterans from Financial Scams
Sen.Ron Wyden
Oct. 11, 2018
Wyden Statement on 2019 Social Security COLA
Sen.Ron Wyden
Oct. 2, 2018
Schakowsky, Bonamici, Norcross introduce the Women's Pension Protection Act
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Oct. 2, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Wyden, Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Andrew M. Saul, of New York, to be Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring January 19, 2019
Sen.Ron Wyden
Aug. 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, the Hon. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and the Hon. Collin Peterson - House Dems Oppose Restricting Access to SNAP
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Aug. 27, 2018
Letter to Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, Representative Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Representative Collin Peterson, Ranking Member - Environmental Concerns in Farm Bill
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Pallone, Wyden Warn Trump Administration Against Moving Forward on Harmful Medicaid Waivers
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Aug. 3, 2018
Hirono Introduces Legislation to Protect Medicare and Medicaid from Partisan Attacks
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
June 25, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Pat Roberts, Chairman for the Senate Committe on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Honorable Debbie Stabenow - Feinstein, Cantwell, King Join Bipartisan Call for Increased Funding for Agriculture Export Programs
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
June 21, 2018
Wyden Statement on Trump Administration's Plan to Reorganize Basic Assistance, Slash Benefits for Millions of Americans
Sen.Ron Wyden
June 20, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Chairman Crowley and Reps. Larson, Davis, Cummings, Beyer, and Moore Call on President Trump to Stop Closing Social Security Field Offices
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
June 1, 2018
Bonamici Discusses Harmful Proposed Cuts to Food Programs with Oregon Advocates
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici
May 23, 2018
Janus V. AFSCME
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici
April 18, 2018
Senators Introduce 'Choose Medicare Act' to Make Medicare Available to Everyone
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
April 12, 2018
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen.Ron Wyden
April 12, 2018
Wyden, Brown, Casey Propose Largest Reduction of Senior Poverty in a Generation
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
April 9, 2018
Wyden: CBO Report Highlights GOP Threats to Americans' Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
Sen.Ron Wyden
April 9, 2018
Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
Sen.Ron Wyden
March 23, 2018
Wyden Cheers Boost to Social Security to Reduce Massive Disability Backlog
Sen.Ron Wyden
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the US, GAO - Call for Study of Administrative Waste Caused by Harmful Medicaid Waivers
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
March 8, 2018
Statement on Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018
Sen.Ron Wyden
Feb. 27, 2018
Wyden Co-sponsors Bill to Protect Veterans
Sen.Ron Wyden
Feb. 5, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Chairman Crowley, Ranking Member Larson Lead Letter Urging President Trump to Support Increased Funding for the Social Security Administration
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Jan. 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Eric D. Hargan, Acting Secretary and Deputy Secretary, HHS - Unprecedented, Harmful Medicaid Changes
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Oct. 26, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of Treasury, Gary Cohn, Cheif Economic Advisor, Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means - Cardin, Stabenow, Brown, Wyden, Casey Call on Republican Leaders to Protect Retirement Savings Accounts in Tax Plan
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Oct. 18, 2017
Wyden Amendment to Budget would Stop Republican Funding Cuts to Meals on Wheels
Sen.Ron Wyden
Oct. 4, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Reject Proposed GOP Budgets that Cut Critical Medicare and Medicaid Programs in Order to Fund Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives - Members of Congress to Reject Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Sept. 27, 2017
Executive Calendar
Sen.Ron Wyden
Sept. 20, 2017
Wyden Statement on CMS Announcement to Radically Reform CMMI
Sen.Ron Wyden
Sept. 14, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Hon. Gary Cohn, Chief Economic Advisor, the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means - Senators Opposes Republican Proposal to Take Away Tax-Deferred Retirement Plans
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
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