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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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Apr 29, 2025

This inhumane, illegal, and unconstitutional action will inflict—and already has inflicted—irreparable harm on these individuals, undermines trust in and accuracy of the Social Security programs, and sets a dangerous precedent in allowing…

commondreams.org
Apr 29, 2025

This is a choice for senators.

cbsnews.com
Apr 1, 2025

No amount of gaslighting from Republicans about the true cost of their tax plan, now upward of $5 trillion, can hide the fact that they want to pay for handouts to billionaires and corporations by kicking millions of Americans off their…

nbcnews.com
Mar 26, 2025

They are so desperate to give tax breaks to billionaires that they’ll basically use any budget rules imaginable to get it.

nbcnews.com
Mar 25, 2025

So, according to the whistleblower, you personally intervened to get key DOGE officials installed at the agency who have masterminded this shipwreck that we’re dealing today.

democracynow.org
Mar 24, 2025

Already, financial services firms are salivating at the possibility of profiting off of Americans' hard-earned retirement benefits.

cbsnews.com
Mar 18, 2025

At a time when the agency’s workforce is at a 50-year low, the potential loss of centuries’ worth of agency experience will risk worsening backlogs, lengthening wait times, and interrupting benefit payment.

motherjones.com
Mar 13, 2025

This legislation is overwhelmingly bipartisan, fully paid for, and targeted at two objectives every senator should support: improving health care for Americans and cracking down on middlemen who are taking advantage of the system.

thehill.com
Mar 13, 2025

Community pharmacists are counting on this legislation. Doctors who don’t want to see a pay cut are counting on this legislation. Seniors and working families who want better care at a lower cost are counting on this legislation.

thehill.com
Mar 10, 2025

The Trump administration's statement is far from an embrace of drug price negotiation.

commondreams.org
Mar 4, 2025

I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Elon Musk wants to start a payment app.

commondreams.org
Mar 4, 2025

I am sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Elon Musk wants to start a payment app.

commondreams.org
Feb 27, 2025

The goal of this effort is to hollow out an agency that currently delivers retirement benefits with a 99.7% accuracy rate, and hand over the keys to private equity and grifters who want to pillage Social Security for all it's worth.

commondreams.org
Feb 27, 2025

Trump's promises to protect Social Security are a sham, just like the rest of his actions since taking office.

commondreams.org
Feb 27, 2025

Firing half of all Social Security workers will guarantee that seniors will stop seeing their earned benefits arrive on time and in full.

commondreams.org
Feb 27, 2025

It’s not going to fool anybody at all. What they’re trying to do is spend more money — and they’re going to spend it on billionaires.

nbcnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means [department chief Elon] Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America.

newsweek.com
Feb 25, 2025

House Republicans have just taken one of the most morally reprehensible actions Congress has seen in a generation.

newsweek.com
Feb 23, 2025

We write to express deep concern regarding disturbing reports that President Donald Trump replaced SSA Acting Commissioner Michelle King.

newsweek.com
Feb 20, 2025

I rise in opposition. This amendment claims to protect Medicare and Medicaid, but it does neither. In particular, the Medicaid language seeks to talk about a group called the most vulnerable. Obviously, we care about them, but the language…

govinfo.gov
Feb 20, 2025

The language in this amendment is code for kicking Americans with Medicaid coverage off their health insurance if they’re not sick enough, not poor enough, or not disabled enough.

nbcnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

We’re talking about hundreds of millions of taxpayers and organizations, and abusing this data by disclosing or even inspecting it without authorization is a crime.

nbcnews.com
Feb 17, 2025

There's going to be an effort to keep the Medicaid cuts hidden behind the curtain, but they're going to come sooner or later.

cbsnews.com
Feb 17, 2025

Expect an effort to keep the Medicaid cuts hidden behind the curtain, but they're going to come sooner or later.

cbsnews.com
Feb 17, 2025

My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.

newsweek.com

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