Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden Issues Statement on Fiscal Responsibility Act
June 03, 2023
June 03, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on June 2, 2023, on the Fiscal Responsibility Act:
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"I supported this bill because nothing is more important than protecting Social Security, Medicare, and the health of our economy from Republican threats to default.
"Republicans manufactured this hostage-taking crisis from the beginning, but the president negotiated an ag . . .
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"I supported this bill because nothing is more important than protecting Social Security, Medicare, and the health of our economy from Republican threats to default.
"Republicans manufactured this hostage-taking crisis from the beginning, but the president negotiated an ag . . .