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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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Jan 23, 2017

What the Congressman is saying is that the order could go into effect before there is a replacement plan.

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Jan 23, 2017

We have a paper trail, Congressman. We have a paper trail for every comment I have made.

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Jan 23, 2017

I am going to oppose it. I am very troubled by what we have heard today.

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Jan 23, 2017

If confirmed, you will be the captain of the health team and in charge of implementing the order.

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Jan 23, 2017

It is important that Congressman Price respond to the questions he has been asked by the HELP Committee.

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Jan 23, 2017

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of women of all ages and backgrounds came to Washington to speak out in support of policies that you have opposed.

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Jan 23, 2017

But the Affordable Care Act had many, many good features, and one of them was, it made clear all across this country we were not going to go back to the days when health care was for the healthy and wealthy.

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Jan 23, 2017

I respect your willingness to serve.

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Jan 23, 2017

The American public heard a lot of promises about health care from the new administration.

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Jan 23, 2017

Speaker Ryan has publicly stated that no one will be worse off if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.

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Jan 23, 2017

No cuts to Medicare or Medicaid. Nobody hurt by ACA repeal. 'Insurance for everybody . . . much less expensive and much better.'

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Jan 23, 2017

Women all across the country are going to lose the choice of providers that they want.

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Jan 23, 2017

Mutual funds in particular, by independent experts, ethics experts, are considered in a completely different category than personal trading in stocks.

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Jan 23, 2017

Will you guarantee that no one will lose coverage under the executive order?

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Jan 23, 2017

Your stake in Innate is more than five times larger than the figure you reported to ethics officials when you became a nominee.

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Jan 23, 2017

It is hard to see how this claim passes the smell test.

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Jan 23, 2017

I do not trade in health-care stocks.

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Jan 20, 2017

this would ensure that there would be a debate about the CIA and its future Director in the light of day. I am not going to object, and I withdraw my reservation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question now…

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Jan 20, 2017

I will be very brief, just to respond to my good friend from Arizona who said that the Senate not taking up Pompeo would be contradicting the will of the people. That is not the case at all. This is about whether the Senate is going to be…

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Jan 20, 2017

I object, Madam President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, it is pretty obvious the Senator from Oregon is not interested in approving this CIA nomination today. I would remind everyone the…

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Jan 18, 2017

What products would be off the table for purposes of what I call a border tax?

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Jan 18, 2017

The Mnuchin Rule sounded promising to me when you said it the first time: no absolute tax cuts for the wealthy.

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Jan 18, 2017

I am very troubled about this question of how you are going to unrig the system if you have a record of taking advantage of tax shelters that, in effect, have a 0-percent tax rate.

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Jan 18, 2017

The Trump plan, which you have been part of, would add billions--excuse me, trillions--to the debt and would disproportionately favor the well-to-do.

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Jan 18, 2017

The tax code today is a tale of two systems.

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