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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.
At a time when the cost of living is at the forefront of everyone’s minds, these delivery app fees are nothing more than a greedy assault on consumers’ pocketbooks. As such, we encourage the Commission to proceed with this rulemaking and…
The fresh federal investment is going to spark growth in a semiconductor workforce that already has 30,000 Oregonians working in it.
It seems Jay Clayton is up to his eyeballs in sending intimidation subpoenas to reporters and armed thugs to their homes.
At a time when local budgets throughout Oregon are tight, it’s more important than ever to provide these federal investments that support public education, public safety and transportation statewide.
Traditional Medicare is America’s flagship health care program, and it must be strengthened for the millions of seniors who count on it for affordable care.
I’m proud to fight to create an economy that helps Oregon’s families get ahead, not just those at the very top.
I’ve spent my career fighting to protect Americans’ freedoms and health care rights, and I’ll continue pushing back against Trump’s attacks on the freedom of people with disabilities to live and thrive in their communities.
A 25 dollar living wage wouldn’t just be a leg up for workers, it would be an economic revolution and deliver the benefits of economic growth exactly where they belong: with the workers.
It’s long past time to face the hard historic truth that LGBTQ+ Americans suffered for far too long the loss of jobs and the ruin of reputations simply for loving who they love.
The American people will not accept an economy that creates trillionaires while so many people are buried under the cost of living.
Although there may have been skeptics who feared that asking several Oregonians to agree on time capsule items might resemble a Parks and Rec episode, our state’s diversity, beauty and innovative spirit made this task a labor of love.
For years, I have warned that the government’s purchase of Americans’ location data from shady data brokers is an unacceptable end-run around the Fourth Amendment. After Representative Cloud and my staff informed the ATF about the legal…
This legislation takes a significant step in the right direction to help give the direct care workforce and family caregivers the support they need and ensure loved ones receive the help they deserve.
The American people deserve to know why the rehabilitation project has failed and the corrective actions the Department is taking to address this ongoing issue.
This is yet another attempt by Trump and Republicans to roll back long-standing protections for people with disabilities, and my colleagues and I won’t stand for it.
Taxpayers deserve a full explanation of how these failures occurred and who will be held accountable for correcting them.
One of the top concerns I hear consistently from Oregonians is access to healthcare and support services, especially for older folks in rural areas.
We're going to push for it in the next Congress, when we believe we will be in the majority.
Everyone else in the health insurance neighborhood has one — employer coverage, the Affordable Care Act, all of them have a cap.
I suspect it will come up on the floor of the Senate that Democrats want to give a fair shake to people on traditional Medicare and Republicans want to help billionaires.
I remain committed to getting comprehensive housing legislation across the finish line, like my DASH Act, which would build more housing, and make it easier for middle-class families to buy a home, and make housing more affordable across…
There are some good provisions in this bill, but this crisis demands bolder solutions.
Eastern Oregon is thousands of miles away from Washington, DC but these open-to-all town halls shorten that distance so everybody can make their voice heard.
Americans are demanding real protections written into the law, not promises that the next guy will be trustworthy.
“There certainly are instances where you need active management,” Wyden said during today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. “But when people hear that the Roadless Rule is being wiped out, they say nobody's going in…
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