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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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Feb 14, 2018

when is enough? And we watch these young people from the high schools, and I heard one in effect say, you know, we are kids, we cannot fix this. You adults get over it and deal with it.

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Feb 14, 2018

What junk insurance is all about is making sure that insurance companies can charge more for people with pre-existing conditions and include arbitrary caps on the amount of care.

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Feb 14, 2018

The Trump agenda of health care discrimination turns against older Americans.

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Feb 14, 2018

We know something about pre-existing conditions, and this does not protect people with pre-existing conditions.

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Feb 14, 2018

The agenda of health care discrimination is out in force in this Trump budget.

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Feb 14, 2018

The Trump prescription drug plan lets pharmaceutical companies keep on--to borrow a phrase--getting away with murder.

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Feb 14, 2018

it is time to get over it. It is time to act. And we have learned in the last 24 hours enough is enough.

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Feb 14, 2018

The Trump agenda of health care discrimination is back.

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Feb 14, 2018

This is going to be a question of whether the Department is going to say Federal law... controls.

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Feb 14, 2018

But there is a Federal law, something I fought very hard for.

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Feb 14, 2018

This has very, very substantial implications.

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Feb 14, 2018

I have been very interested in waivers--a lot of Senators have--but this is not a waiver.

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Feb 14, 2018

Idaho's insurance bulletin would allow insurers to sell individual market plans that do not comply with federal law.

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Feb 14, 2018

So this idea that we are going to just sit in our offices back here and wait for somebody to tell us, oh, we are going to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, that will not cut it with me.

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Feb 13, 2018

As of now, CEOs have spent 20 times more on corporate buybacks than on boosting employees' compensation.

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Feb 13, 2018

I have repeatedly asked the Treasury Department to turn over to the committee its records on Russian financial transactions in the country.

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Feb 13, 2018

The public is just going to be in the dark.

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Feb 13, 2018

The IRS might not be anybody's favorite Federal agency, but the American people do expect it to function without political agenda or interference.

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Feb 13, 2018

the Trump infrastructure plan dumps huge costs onto States and cities, sells off public assets like an auction at a county fair, and raises transportation costs for hard-working families.

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Feb 13, 2018

So it seems to me you are definitely agreeing with the officials who were quoted last weekend.

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Feb 13, 2018

So we were told on the floor of the Senate last December that early this year we would see workers have bulging paychecks.

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Feb 13, 2018

Since Republicans jammed this massive corporate tax cut through Congress, major corporations have spent over $120 billion on stock buybacks.

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Feb 13, 2018

Sometimes it reminds me of the marquee at the old movie house where these so-called 'fixes' are supposed to somehow show up and never get there.

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Feb 13, 2018

If you want big-league infrastructure, a good place to start is not making huge cuts to infrastructure programs that already work.

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Feb 13, 2018

That means CEOs have spent 20 times more on corporate buybacks than on boosting their employees' compensation.

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