Ron Wyden

When it comes to natural gas, America is truly the land of opportunity.

New BLM rules must require best practices for fracking and protect environment and health.

We ask this Congress to act and close these dangerous loopholes which deprive Americans of the basic protections they have come to expect.

I do think, and as you know in our testimony we do call for the best quality information in this process.

This is to advise you that the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a business meeting on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at 9:45 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The purpose of the business…

This is what you need to preserve a republic.

Every American has the right to know when their government believes it's allowed to kill them.

Ensuring that the Congress has the documents and information it needs to conduct robust oversight is central to our democracy.

I hope you'll go back to the White House and convey to them the message that the Justice Department is not yet following through on the President's commitment.

It's the idea of giving any president unfettered power to kill an American without checks and balances that's so troubling.

He has tutored them, he has been a mentor to them.

For Senator Merkley and I, we take special pride in this nominee.

Thank you, Madame Chair. I want to say how pleasurable it is to refer to you as Madame Chair.

I thank my colleague from Colorado. He has been a wonderful partner in this effort to strike a balance between security and liberty. I look forward to working with him in the days ahead. Mr. President, how much time remains on each side…

It is fine. Through the Chair, 15 minutes with respect to our side reporting the amendment, 15 minutes on the other side, it will be voted on, and then we go to final passage.

I wish to thank the distinguished leader who has been so helpful in ensuring that we have a real debate. With my colleagues' indulgence, my understanding from the leader is we would have 15 minutes on each side at some point in the…

Absent the information we are seeking to get under the amendment I am going to offer, I do not think it is possible for a Senator to respond to the question. The issue for an individual Senator would be: Do you know whether anyone has ever…

For purpose of general debate, how much time remains on our side and how much time remains under the control of the distinguished chair of the committee? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The opponents have 140 minutes remaining; the…

I thank Leader Reid for the honor of being able to open this morning's debate. I also wish to particularly identify with a point the leader made. There is an old saying that most of life is just showing up. I think what the American people…

This ought to be a priority for good government. These abuses are completely out of hand.

I want to say a good word about Russ Sullivan.

Maybe we can persuade some of them to do a Conrad.

Senator Grassley and I have introduced legislation that would open up the Medicare database so that the public, free of charge, could have that information.

Oregon wanted to build the next step, and to face this kind of discrimination literally for doing a good job... does not make any sense.

I think it is going to be important to try to lay out some principles early on with respect to what we ought to be working for.