Ron Wyden

The Department strongly opposes S. 486.

I am writing to express our support for S. 761, The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act and to thank you for holding this hearing today.

Putting all of our research dollars on a few technologies closes off pathways to other potentially transformative energy breakthroughs.

I remain concerned about some of the investment decisions that I've seen in the Department of Energy budget.

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a business meeting has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The business meeting will be held on Thursday, April 18…

The public is better protected when Ms. Olson is consulted.

I think it is very important that the agency clarify its policy with respect to the privacy rights of Americans and do it promptly.

Has the agency obtained electronic communications without a warrant, yes or no?

Are you saying that the agency has not obtained electronic communications without a warrant? That is a 'yes' or 'no' answer.

The public has recently learned... that Americans enjoy no general privacy to their online communications that are older than 180 days.

I'm going to direct the staff and, of course, work very closely with Senator Murkowski on this.

They keep saying there's got to be a way for the agency to be able to implement projects.

To me, healthier forests are going to equal a healthier economy.

This budget is not consistent with the agency's restoration agenda of harvesting 3 billion board feet a year.

I wish to publicly thank Senator Ron Wyden for introducing this important piece of legislation

I do not believe this is a sustainable-- first of all, a solvent program.

The only reason anybody can claim that is the fiction of the Social Security Trust Fund.

The problem with Medicare reform is for every dollar that Americans pay in, they are going to get about $3 out in benefits.

I feel very strongly that it is time for the government to finally mobilize and take care of the millions and millions of seniors who could be taken care of at home.

Now we finally got, with Chairman Baucus's support, the Independence at Home model into the Affordable Care Act.

I believe our nation made a mistake when we choose to comingle them in the early 1980s.

The Board believes that prolonged storage of waste in the Hanford Tank Farms represents a potential threat to public health and safety.

As I have stated before it is unacceptable for Hanford to be the de facto repository for the vast majority of the nation's high-level radioactive defense waste.

I believe our country needs energy that transitions America to a lower carbon economy and is built on 3 pillars: strong economic growth, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and energy innovation.

Very briefly, I think this is an opportunity to update our laws, particularly looking at environmental protection, labor rights, and digital trade. So I urge all colleagues to support this amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The…