Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden Urges House Republicans to Take Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Cuts Off Table in Fiscal Commission Proposal
November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 28, 2023:
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Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement ahead of tomorrow's House Budget Committee hearing on legislative proposals to establish fiscal commissions that would allow fast track cuts to earned benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare:
"Speaker Johnson lost all credib . . .
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Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement ahead of tomorrow's House Budget Committee hearing on legislative proposals to establish fiscal commissions that would allow fast track cuts to earned benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare:
"Speaker Johnson lost all credib . . .