Ron Wyden: “I want to use for my analogy the Eugene District of the BLM.”

The Department’s recent decision in August 2026 to quietly strip explicit prohibitions against political interference from its Scientific Integrity Policy is yet another attempt by the Trump administration to undermine scientific facts and…

This throws doubt upon Treasury’s interpretation of many provisions of the Code, creates a great deal of uncertainty in the administration of our tax laws, and could balloon the deficit.

This is another desperate attempt by a failed president to escape Americans’ revulsion with his failed agenda, amounting to one tank of Trump-inflated gas.

This interpretation is wildly inconsistent with the longstanding treatment of other provisions that use identical or near-identical language.