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Ron Wyden

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Ron Wyden is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon, a position he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, Wyden has been a prominent advocate for civil liberties, healthcare reform, and technology policy. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as privacy rights, government surveillance, and access to healthcare, often emphasizing the importance of transparency and accountability in government actions.

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Jul 25, 2018

This committee is facing levels of stonewalling from the administration on letters and policy issues that I never expected I'd see.

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Jul 25, 2018

This committee is attempting to pursue information that's key to uncovering corruption and protecting our democracy from foreign interference.

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Jul 25, 2018

What this action has done is essentially blindfold intelligence officials and law enforcement folks who want to combat foreign election interference.

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Jul 25, 2018

If you compare what you just said to what Secretary Mnuchin said a year and a half ago, it is almost identical.

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Jul 25, 2018

I have not seen anything that the American people consider partisan about disclosure.

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Jul 25, 2018

A year ago, members of this committee on this side of the aisle said loud and clear, our preference is to have a bipartisan tax reform bill.

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Jul 25, 2018

if your dark money policy gives oligarchs in Moscow reason to throw back celebratory vodkas, and if their friends at the NRA have a green light to flood the airwaves with even more election secrecy, you made the wrong call.

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Jul 25, 2018

At some point, this ceases to be a case of Treasury being slow to respond, and it looks more like actively abetting the coverup of corruption and illegal activity.

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Jul 25, 2018

The Trump tax law has been in place for months, and the quarterly numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have shown that real wages fell over the first half of this year.

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Jul 25, 2018

I would like you to state in writing for the record what happened when it was brought up.

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Jul 25, 2018

wages actually went down from June 2017 to June 2018.

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Jul 24, 2018

as Senator Klobuchar has noted, Democrats and Republicans are here to talk about a critically important issue; that is, protecting the franchise for our people. I want to begin by saying that the ink is barely dry on the indictment of the…

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Jul 24, 2018

I consider it patriotism and duty; and I was pleased to meet with both of you.

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Jul 19, 2018

soon, the Senate will vote on the Ryan Bounds nomination, and I want to make sure each Member of the Senate is aware of two important issues as they prepare to cast their votes on the Bounds nomination to serve on the Ninth Circuit. First…

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Jul 17, 2018

I thank my colleague from Massachusetts for eloquent remarks. I particularly want to thank my colleague from Oregon for putting together this time to speak on issues so important to our State, as Senator Warren has noted, and issues…

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Jul 17, 2018

I ask unanimous consent that the following individual fellows in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 115th Congress: Casey Dreher, Cathleen Carlson, Nick St. Laurent, Gabe Kaptchuk, Shaanan Cohney, Roberta…

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Jul 16, 2018

The President's trade strategy is almost impossible to determine, but what I know for sure is that we get a daily dose of trade chaos and that kind of chaos, particularly here, threatens access to minerals, and it will be American workers…

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Jul 16, 2018

The Trump Administration is now promoting an unfair policy on tariffs that means that because of his approach with respect to tariffs on critical minerals, U.S. companies will be needlessly hurt in their ability to compete.

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Jul 16, 2018

My trade philosophy has been really simple. Make it in America, grow it in America, add value to it in America, and then ship it somewhere.

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Jul 16, 2018

I think we both know that reminiscing around here can just be insufferable.

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Jul 16, 2018

We should not have to wait another six years to come out with the kind of smart policy that I thought the Chair and I were striving for back in 2013.

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Jul 16, 2018

We all have to be in this together.

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Jul 16, 2018

I also consider Chinese market manipulation to be a serious problem.

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Jul 16, 2018

One out of five jobs in my state revolves around trade.

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