Congress and the public need a chance to vet trade agreements before they are signed.
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.
We need to make sure that there are detailed negotiating objectives before negotiations start.
The Biden administration, from the get-go, had a difficult job to do with respect to trade.
Now the United States needs to kick into a higher gear with smarter, more innovative approaches to trade.
The Biden administration, from the get-go, had a difficult job to do with respect to trade.
Let's start with USMCA. Senator Brown and I fought for stronger, faster-acting enforcement tools like the rapid response mechanism.
In my view, it's long past time to say enough is enough and escalate this into a real dispute settlement case.
China continues to put up barriers to American products and American values, while ripping off jobs using forced labor.
Congress and the public need a chance to vet trade agreements before they are signed.
We need to make sure that there are detailed negotiating objectives before negotiations start.
Mexico is flouting its USMCA obligations by shutting out our renewable energy providers.
The United States of America has got to play offense on international trade.
Now the United States needs to kick into a higher gear with a smarter, more innovative approach to trade which will deliver real results for American workers, farmers, and businesses.
The Biden administration, from the get-go, had a difficult job to do with respect to trade.
As long as I'm chairman of the Finance Committee, I will fight any effort to engage in intergenerational warfare.
When it comes to health care, that means protecting Medicare for the next generation by asking the wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes; strengthening Medicare's negotiating power for the cost of prescription drugs; and investing in …
That's a sharp contrast to the Republican approach to the Federal budget since the beginning of this year, which amounts to demanding secret negotiations on unspecified cuts to Federal programs while holding hostage the full faith and…
If Congress fails to act on this front, patients--and especially seniors--will inevitably suffer.
I strongly support efforts to extend this exemption period from 9 years to 13, ensuring parity between small molecules and biologics.
I just want a package so we can land this program in Rhode Island that I have been working on, I think, now for 8 years.
I am a very strong supporter of accelerated approval for these very exciting new drugs for Alzheimer's.
We certainly are not going to go backwards; at least certainly the majority in the United States Senate is not going to go backwards.
I cannot imagine doing that or privatizing the systems, turning them over to Wall Street or private insurance companies.





