Wyden: "We have the CBO, which is really the gold standard of objectivity, saying that 100% of the cost savings in the Republican proposal come from terminating coverage, cutting benefits like home care, or reducing payments to providers. I don't think that's a prescription for much good in America"

DOGE’s efforts to dismantle Social Security could leave at least 6 million Americans unable to cover basic living expenses.

Jack Smalligan@jsmalligan.bsky.social · last yr.

Former Social Security Administration leaders have warned that staffing reductions and computer outages could make SSA more vulnerable to a short interruption in benefits. Urban Institute experts modeled this scenario: www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...

Trump's Social Security nominee just lied to the Finance Committee, claiming he hasn't been involved in any DOGE plans to gut Social Security. My office has a whistleblower that says otherwise. We brought the receipts.

Social Security Works@socialsecurityworks.org · 2y ago

BREAKING: BISIGNANO LIES UNDER OATH @wyden.senate.gov: Were you involved in discussions about DOGE or any of the operations, personnel or management decisions with those working at Social Security? Bisignano: No, sir. Wyden: That sounds like a reassuring response. Unfortunately, it's not true.

WYDEN: Do you believe in a nursing home there should be a registered nurse available around the clock? DR OZ: As you know, that's a complicated question WYDEN: No it's not. We need a nurse in a nursing home. Not too complicated.

There is a great conversation happening here with real Oregonians talking about the issues that actually matter to them youtube.com/watch?v=kcVP...

Watch LIVE: Oregon senator hosts town hall during Trump's address to Congress

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They’re cutting Medicaid

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs? MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.

“A total fabrication.” That’s what Samoa’s top health official has to say about RFK Jr. denying his role in the measles outbreak that killed 83 people there, mostly children, in 2019. apnews.com/article/rfk-...

RFK Jr. misled the US Senate on measles deaths, Samoa's health chief says

Samoa’s top health official has denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary.

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NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System

Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance

Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System

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Buried in the casualties of Trump’s Friday evening purge: CDC’s vaccine recommendations. RFK Jr. refused to say he’d maintain the childhood vaccine schedule. Now we know why. www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

WATCH: Republican Senator Bill Cassidy says the quiet part out loud: Republicans are gearing up to rip health care away from millions of Americans to pay for Trump's tax handout to Elon Musk.

WATCH LIVE: The Finance Committee is meeting to consider the nomination of RFK Jr. to serve as HHS Secretary. Livestream can be found here: www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hea...

Hearing to consider the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services | The United States Senate Committee on Finance

Hearing to consider the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services

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Just in: the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, January 29th at 10am to debate RFK Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. There's going to be a lot to talk about.

China burning more coal doesn’t change the fact that they also want to dominate clean energy -- specifically by ripping off American jobs and innovations. They’ve done it before in solar manufacturing.

If you aren't at the table, you're on the menu. Republicans are considering health care cuts to pay for tax breaks for the rich. Finance staff break down what that means for everyday Americans. Spoiler alert, it's not great 👇

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2y ago

This is their plan to starve Medicaid. Gutting Medicaid by hundreds of billions of dollars will rip health care away from kids, veterans, seniors in nursing homes, Americans with disabilities, and working families. You don’t cut a TRILLION dollars from Medicaid without hurting millions of people.