Tag: Sen Ron Wyden

Hundreds of Drugmakers Call for Reversal of Texas Court Ruling on Abortion Pill

More than 300 current and former biotech and pharmaceutical executives have signed an open letter criticizing a federal Texas judge over his recent decision to suspend FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. “We cannot stay quiet. We call for the reversal of this decision to disregard science, and the appropriate restitution of the mandate…


Senate Committee Investigates China’s ‘Trade Cheats’ Hurting American Industry

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Feb. 16 held a hearing on “Ending trade that cheats American workers by modernizing trade laws and enforcement, fighting forced labor, eliminating counterfeits, and leveling the playing field.” Much of the hearing, which was gaveled in by Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), focused on the ways that China exploits trade…


‘Billionaire Tax’ Expands Taxable Income, Should Be Dead on Revival Say Critics

President Joe Biden’s proposed “billionaire tax” may sound good to many voters, but it is fraught with vagaries that could redefine—and expand—the nation’s tax code, according to first-look analyses across a range of publications and sites, from The Wall Street Journal to the Heritage Foundation. The tax proposal was included within Biden’s $5.8 billion Fiscal…