Taylor Harvey
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Health care comms for Ron Wyden/Senate Finance. #UTFT
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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"
May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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.
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:
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Disruptions to Social Security Checks Would Leave 6 Million Beneficiaries Unable to Make Ends Meet
Staffing cuts at the Social Security Administration after years of underfunding could disrupt the delivery of Social Security benefit checks, which would expose millions of Americans to financial hard...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
DOGE’s efforts to dismantle Social Security could leave at least 6 million Americans unable to cover basic living expenses.
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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.
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.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.
March 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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.
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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.
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.
March 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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.
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.
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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
YouTube video by The Oregonian
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March 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
There is a great conversation happening here with real Oregonians talking about the issues that actually matter to them youtube.com/watch?v=kcVP...
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They’re cutting Medicaid
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.
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
February 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
They’re cutting Medicaid
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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
February 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
“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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February 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“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-...
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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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January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
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...
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February 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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...
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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
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
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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
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
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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.
January 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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.
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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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January 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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...
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.
January 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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.
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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.
January 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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 👇
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.
January 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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 👇