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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.

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Jul 29, 2026

Every community in Oregon deserves access to safe and reliable health care.

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Jul 29, 2026

Jay Clayton has no business being confirmed for this role. He has repeatedly demonstrated his eagerness to support Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories and corruption.

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Jul 29, 2026

If he didn’t know, then he had no idea what his own office was doing, despite having signed the subpoenas, which isn’t a great qualification for someone to lead our intelligence agencies.

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Jul 29, 2026

Mr. Clayton is the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District. He signed the subpoenas. He is responsible for this effort to intimidate the press.

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Jul 29, 2026

It has been clear for months that, under this administration, the main qualification to be DNI is the willingness to use the position to spread conspiracy theories about elections.

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Jul 28, 2026

It is no longer acceptable for agencies to use insecure, decades-old technology.

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Jul 28, 2026

“Modern and dependable infrastructure is essential to quality of life in Redmond and every other corner of our state,”

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Jul 28, 2026

Federal agencies and government contractors have suffered devastating cyberattacks due to their reliance on legacy, insecure, internet-facing VPN servers to grant employees remote access.

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Jul 28, 2026

The federal government must stop paying vendors for security tools that act as open invitations to foreign adversaries.

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Jul 28, 2026

“It’s unacceptable for any veteran to forgo the care they need due to transportation barriers,”

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Jul 25, 2026

A name change and new leadership do not undo that legal continuity.

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Jul 25, 2026

X’s claim that compliance with the 2022 order is too costly rings hollow given the company’s scale.

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Jul 25, 2026

Granting such relief would undermine the science-based statutory framework Congress requires and threatens patient access to reproductive health care.

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Jul 25, 2026

Our legislation is the most comprehensive proposal on the books to end federal cannabis prohibition while keeping public health and safety front and center.

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Jul 25, 2026

The federal government needs to get with the times, and our bill is the way to do it.

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Jul 24, 2026

We are grateful for your work to embody the ‘Oregon way’ to hear from all perspectives and chart a path forward.

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Jul 24, 2026

Thank you for coming together to tackle the challenges posed by the rapid expansion of data centers in Oregon.

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Jul 23, 2026

(F)ew presidents have done more than President Trump to damage Social Security — yet in an Orwellian twist, you are misusing official resources to heap praise on him.

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Jul 23, 2026

“Jay Clayton’s humiliating performance yesterday proved what I have said for months: the only path forward to renew Section 702 of FISA is reform. A man who will not even acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election cannot be trusted…

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Jul 23, 2026

The Trump administration had lost the plot on its tariff strategy.

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Jul 23, 2026

This was an unusual communication that served no legitimate purpose: rather than receiving necessary information about benefits or a critical communication from the SSA, recipients received a partisan, politicized message — containing…

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Jul 23, 2026

Trump has abused every trade authority at his disposal and he is now excavating a law from the Great Depression to once again impose vast, unilateral tariffs on products from one of our closest allies and trading partners.

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Jul 22, 2026

I think the only real answer here is reform.

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Jul 22, 2026

From start to finish, Mr. Clayton has proven himself incapable of telling the truth or demonstrating an iota of independence from Donald Trump.

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Jul 22, 2026

Mr. Clayton refused to tell the truth about the 2020 election because Donald Trump would not let him.

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