As the title of this hearing suggests, foster care group homes are no place to grow up.
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.
I want you to know that I am going to make sure, as we talk about this, that we are going to do this in a bipartisan way with Democrats and Republicans.
Before I speak on the trade legislation-- and the distinguished chairman of the committee is on the floor as well--I wish to note that the Finance Committee, under the leadership of Chairman Hatch, has already passed a version of this…
Before the Senator leaves the floor, I wish to also note that Senator Schumer has provided leadership on another very important enforcement issue. He introduced the committee to something a number of years ago known as honey laundering…
Community health workers have become an increasingly important part of our health system post-ACA.
I'm especially pleased to be teaming up with Chairman Hatch on a plan that begins with a working group and ends with legislation passing out of this committee.
I would first like to thank Chairman Hatch for his leadership on this critical issue.
I also want to point out that last month the Congress took an important step by ending the broken Sustainable Growth Rate formula.
I think it is aligning incentives--I agree with Dr. Miller--with accountability at the provider level for cost of care and quality of outcomes.
Now, you have a patient with diabetes and perhaps a heart problem, and they are involved with four doctors, and they have six prescriptions.
I want colleagues to know that once again Chairman Hatch is stepping up and providing real leadership on one of the great challenges of our time.
Reserve component members, who answer the call to active duty and served under similar conditions as their active counterparts, deserve to have their service equally honored.
FRA wants to thank Senators Ron Wyden, (Ore.), and John Boozman, (Ark.), for introducing the 'GI Bill Fairness Act' (S. 602) that would ensure wounded Guardsmen and Reservists receive the GI Bill benefits they've earned.
The device tax went into effect on January 1, 2013 resulting in a daily, real world impact on medical device companies and patients.
I want to thank both of you and the staff for your tremendous leadership on getting that legislation out.
Nobody knows more about what it is going to take to strengthen America's place in the global economy than Senator Cantwell.
It feels like we have not been away from the committee for much longer than about 15 minutes.
All of them, in my view, are at the top of their class and top of their fields.
It's a different world today, which is why the legislation the committee is debating this week throws out the old playbook.





