3 days ago · During his remarks from the Senate floor today on the confirmation vote for Scott Bessent's Treasury Secretary nomination, Senator Ron Wyden blasted Bessent over his qualification for the role.

Jan 16, 2025 · A confirmation hearing exchange between Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent is highlighting a sharp contrast between Democratic and Republican energy policy. Wyden pressed Bessent on Republican efforts to roll back portions of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, particularly those pieces dealing with ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden, during his confirmation hearing to serve as Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, he believes Chinese companies are likely to reduce prices in response to...

Jan 16, 2025 · Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden why it is goofy to claim the U.S. is in an "arms race with China for clean energy."

Jan 16, 2025 · Ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., also made reference to an investigation by the committee’s Democratic staff into Bessent’s tax returns, but other Democrats largely stuck to policy questions.

Jan 16, 2025 · "We want a tax code that gives everyone in America a chance to get ahead … and there's a long way to go to get it done," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in his closing remarks. Bessent also...

Jan 16, 2025 · Ron Wyden speaks at the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent on Thursday. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, questioned...

4 days ago · The Senate voted 68 to 29 to confirm Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, as the next Treasury secretary. ... Ron Wyden. Oregon . No N. Lisa Blunt Rochester. Delaware . Yes Y. Cory ...

Jan 17, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent on Thursday faced sharp questions from both Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs, China, Russia sanctions and the future of an...

Nov 22, 2024 · Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the nomination of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury secretary under Donald Trump: