Ron Wyden Wants To Root Out Corruption In Washington. He Can Start In His House.

Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who has pushed for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, faces scrutiny over his own family's finances, according to a Daily Wire review. The examination follows his vote against moving Chris Klomp's Health and Human Services nomination forward, citing Klomp's tax payments.

Stock transactions under Wyden's name came to nearly $350,000 in 2025 and $9.1 million during the pandemic. In August he disclosed a six-figure trade tied to his wife, Nancy Bass Wyden, 465 days late. A spokesman told The Washington Sun that Wyden will wait for clearer rules before urging his wife to change how she runs her business, though the STOCK Act, which Wyden backed in 2012, already requires disclosure within 45 days. Her past holdings included ExxonMobil, Shell and Nvidia shares while he worked on related policy. She received $2.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans for the Strand bookstore after laying off roughly 180 employees.

Their son Adam Wyden asked Jeffrey Epstein to fund his hedge fund, whose largest investment is Rick's Cabaret. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent raised Adam Wyden's dealings at a Finance Committee hearing after Wyden attacked the administration.

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