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.
When you are a worker caught up in an awful situation like this, it has to just curdle your blood when you hear some callous line from an executive about how it is 'only business.'
I have spent an extraordinary amount of time pushing to ensure that we would have a free and open Internet.
Illegal logging also hurts people, wildlife, and economies in the developing countries themselves.
Adding this sunlight was just absolutely key to establishing what I believe we have to work for in the days ahead, and that is, trade done right.
My number one goal, when it comes to the cutthroat global economy, is to fight with everything I have for American workers.
In the past, the American people basically were in the dark with respect to trade legislation.
Confidence that the TPP will be implemented the right way is an absolute prerequisite for the agreement to win the support it would need to pass in the Congress.
Without a basic obligation of this nature, we risk seeing a proliferation of different rules and a patchwork effect across the Asia-Pacific region.
For years I have fought to protect the free and open Internet and ensure the free flow of data across borders.
The United States cannot allow countries to backslide on their promises before a trade agreement even goes into effect.
We are going to continue to work on both sides of the aisle to look at ways to improve U.S. trade policy.
Congress just passed a trade enforcement bill, which I hope will significantly up the game for U.S. trade enforcement.
I call up amendment No. 3395. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the pending amendment is set aside. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden] proposes an…
Under this loophole--make no mistake about it--economics trumped human rights, and Senator Brown and I said that was wrong, that it was just 100-percent wrong.
this amendment keeps the Toomey amendment on enforcement completely intact and makes two critical improvements. It adds prevention and treatment. Colleagues, this is what the Republican witness in the Finance Committee said is needed. It…
along with my colleague Senator Schumer, I rise to offer what, in my view, are some needed changes to the amendment Senator Toomey has now offered to the opioid bill. My bottom line for the opioid legislation is that a real solution has to…
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide for comprehensive provisions for the prevention and…
pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive the applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Toomey). Is there a…
It is extremely disappointing that a developed country, the United States' largest trading partner, is engaged in action that is inconsistent with their trade agreement obligations.
I believe we have to have trade policies that spur the creation of red-white-and-blue jobs that can support a middle-class family in Oregon and around the country.
Illegal logging is just economic poison for Oregon's sawmill workers and resource-dependent communities across the country.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement contains some new commitments on forestry.





