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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.
I just think it is unacceptable to just have, again, discussions that we have about prospects of something changing in parliament.
This is something Senator Thune and I have spent a lot of time on throughout this Congress, looking at issues like merchandise laundering that largely come about because of a lack of transparency and corruption.
Expanded international trade is a huge opportunity for American farmers and producers who can literally feed the Asia Pacific's growing appetite for high-value food products.
We ought to get these phytosanitary issues up at the top of the priority list for these bilateral dialogues.
I think that is a real opportunity for those markets, and I appreciate those comments.
One of the other issues that we care a great deal about as it relates to Jackson-Vanik, human rights, and trade, is keeping the Internet open, because that is absolutely key for those activists and others who want to be in a position to…
I think you make an important point about the need to always be on the offense in terms of trade.
I just think it's striking, gentlemen, when all 4 of you say that organizations from Goldman Sachs to the CEO of Mobil are off base.
The letter addressing the Forest Service's wildland fire aviation program was signed by Secretary Vilsack and mailed to you, Senator Feinstein and Senator Wyden on March 29, 2012.
We applaud Senator Ron Wyden for leading the effort to protect the Wild Rogue River.
The same day he was testifying, the AFRC officially reversed its position on this bill and announced its opposition to S 2001
I think it's indicative of the nature of S. 1129. It was not developed collaboratively.