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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 26, 2021

I hope the Canadian Government changes course on this issue, otherwise the U.S. will need to consider all options for its response.

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Jul 26, 2021

The administration needs to be engaged now before barriers like this are fully in place.

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Jul 26, 2021

You have to hold them to their commitments.

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Jul 26, 2021

We see China as a very significant abuser of fisheries all around the world.

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Jul 26, 2021

Fortunately, the Biden administration is addressing all the outstanding issues so that USMCA lives up to all its promise about the challenges ahead.

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Jul 26, 2021

That effort requires transparency.

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Jul 26, 2021

Now it is up to the Biden administration to clean up the messes that I am going to outline now, that the Trump administration left behind.

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Jul 26, 2021

Make no mistake about it. These unfair digital daggers are just knifing American firms and the prospects for creating all of the high-scale, high-wage jobs that we want.

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Jul 26, 2021

The Canadians then undermined that commitment with new regulatory barriers before USMCA went officially into effect last July.

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Jul 26, 2021

The Democrats got down to work improving it, and as a result of those efforts, the text of it was the strongest trade agreement ever for worker rights, environmental protections, and particularly for trade law enforcement.

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Jul 22, 2021

today I have introduced the Encouraging Americans to Save Act (EASA). This legislation makes common sense reforms to the saver's tax credit by making the credit refundable and restructuring it as a government matching contribution that is…

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Jul 22, 2021

today I have introduced the Encouraging Americans to Save Act (EASA). This legislation makes common sense reforms to the saver's tax credit by making the credit refundable and restructuring it as a government matching contribution that is…

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Jul 20, 2021

first of all, I want to say about my two colleagues, I have very much enjoyed talking healthcare with the Senator from Indiana, the lead sponsor of this. We have had a lot of very productive discussions about the role of healthcare in…

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Jul 19, 2021

I would like a written answer to that one, Mr. Olsen.

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Jul 19, 2021

I think the response to that one has got to be a yes and you got pretty close.

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Jul 19, 2021

I think there's got to be some accountability for spies for hire and that is going to be a central part of this discussion.

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Jul 13, 2021

From a moral perspective alone, forced labor is abhorrent.

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Jul 13, 2021

Your ability to integrate the various pieces into a policy that lets us out-compete China is extraordinarily important.

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Jul 13, 2021

America is never going to out-compete China with crumbling roads and bridges and a country full of struggling workers.

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Jul 13, 2021

The use of forced labor effectively acts as a subsidy that puts American workers at a competitive disadvantage.

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Jul 13, 2021

we need to heighten the political pressure on China to work with the U.S. to disrupt these illicit trafficking flows

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Jul 13, 2021

Ensuring that American workers can compete with--and out-compete--China and other countries around the world requires us to invest in our workers.

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Jun 24, 2021

Senator Cassidy and I are reintroducing a simple bill that can have a big impact: the Know Your Social Security Act. The bill clarifies the law about Congressional intent so that every worker over 25 receives a paper Social Security…

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Jun 17, 2021

one topic there is much agreement on is the benefits of work, and our laws should support those who want to work. The bill I am introducing today will change Social Security so that parents and their children will know that working will…

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Jun 16, 2021

It might cost $20 billion. Is that your current figure based on your estimates, Chief?

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