Ron Wyden

I have sensed from the beginning of the debate that probably the most contentious issue coming up is this question of making sure the public is still involved in the process, the whole question of what is called NEPA, the National…

She has thrown herself into this, and we thank her for all her efforts. We all empathize with what your constituents are going through. The people of California, a year ago, helped my constituents. We are trying to help yours. We thank you…

Very briefly, I think the Senator from Pennsylvania is trying to address a very important issue. We have asked for the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, under Senator Leahy's leadership, to take a look at it. I think we will…

The GAO report briefly discusses SkyTaxi as a potential alternative way to provide air service to small communities. The report observes that SkyTaxi offers a business model that is still relatively new, but that could help meet some of…

Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith have submitted a joint request for planning dollars as part of the 2004 transportation appropriations bill.

I want to ensure that whatever we do, we are meeting the region's highest transportation priorities.

I want to ensure that those Federal efforts meet the needs here from this community.

I will be working on that along with Representatives Baird, Blumenauer and DeFazio.

The information that we gather today will help me and the subcommittee assemble the Senate's transportation budget for fiscal year 2004.

I will help write the Senate's transportation appropriations bill.

I ask, is there any reason why we couldn't begin such a bipartisan effort immediately? That is something I would like to do. I cited a specific example with Senator Hatch where we were able to make a real difference by working in a…

I had a couple of questions, having listened to the statement. First, my sense is that many physicians in our country--I am seeing this across Oregon and rural Oregon--are having a real problem out there paying their malpractice premiums…

On the basis of the pledge of the Senator from New Hampshire to try to work this out with me in the next day or so in an agreeable fashion, I do not intend to object. I want to see the amendment of the Senator from New Hampshire and the…

I was curious whether the distinguished senior Senator from Idaho was aware that the Congressional Budget Office "considers the risk of default on such a loan guarantee to be very high, well over 50 percent." ... coupled with the…

I urge Senators, in particular, as they make up their minds on this issue to look at two important reports. The Congressional Budget Office report and the report done by the Congressional Research Service are particularly illuminating in…

I wanted to point out to the chairman that if wind farms produce power, they get a tax credit for the energy they produce. But wind farms do not get any subsidy to build a facility. What is unique about the $16 billion exposure for…

I am wondering why the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has devised a plan that they do not have the statutory authority to implement without the approval of Congress.

I am not sure Congress wants or should get into the habit of debating individual management plans and making what should be regional decisions at the national level.

If done fairly, the assigning of quotas within a fishery can lead to both a safer fishing season and a more sustainable fishery.

Nor should management councils get in the habit of choosing to ignore Congressional instruction.

I share the concerns of Oregon fishers about the assigning of processor quota shares particularly if they are done in a manner that will benefit a few processors at the expense of many fishers and other processors.

The buck in fact does stop with the Congress. What we are talking about here is making sure Congress keeps in place vigorous oversight about the process. The process is what has, in our view, put taxpayers' dollars in some peril. What we…

I am very reluctant to do this because the chairman has been very gracious to me. Senator Collins and I had worked throughout the day on a bipartisan amendment. We would like a few minutes. It has been heard by the committees of…

What we would have said to our citizens here is that we did not make the effort. We did not try.

I am going to do everything I can, as a United States senator, to not foreclose scientific options for progress and opportunity for people like yourself.