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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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Sep 25, 2018

Virtually every Senator whom I talk to says they do not want NAFTA abolished, but they want it updated.

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Sep 23, 2018

If Donald Trump fires Rod Rosenstein, for the purpose of protecting himself from the Mueller investigation, that would represent high crimes and misdemeanors.

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Sep 23, 2018

Absolutely not. And look, the President's lawyer is basically giving away the game at this point. It's very clear that this is all about interfering with the Mueller investigation.

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Sep 23, 2018

Whenever they got problems, they go out and create some chaos. They create some distraction.

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Sep 23, 2018

My message to the President tonight is that interfering with the Mueller investigation is the wrong thing to do. It's the wrong thing to do for our country.

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Sep 4, 2018

I believe, Ms. Sandberg, the American people deserve to see this information.

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Sep 4, 2018

To me, protecting data privacy has to be a higher tier issue in terms of national security.

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Sep 4, 2018

From this point on, beefing up protections and controls on personal privacy must be a national security priority.

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Sep 4, 2018

My view is personal data is now the weapon of choice for political influence campaigns.

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Aug 21, 2018

This administration often seems to be allergic to facts.

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Aug 21, 2018

A lot of these rainbow and unicorn tax fantasies came straight from the White House.

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Aug 21, 2018

The Trump administration--particularly when it comes to tax--has proven to be a purveyor of economic fiction.

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Aug 21, 2018

The Trump Treasury Department is continuing to stonewall this committee's attempts to investigate these matters of criminal tax evasion, corruption, and foreign influence in our elections.

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Aug 21, 2018

Mr. Manafort, relevant to this committee, stole from every American taxpayer when he committed tax fraud.

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Aug 21, 2018

The gods have a way of dropping Earth-shaking news right before Finance Committee hearings.

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Aug 21, 2018

Among the middle class, I have folks who say 'we got a little bit, hardly notice it.'

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Aug 21, 2018

Yet to date, in terms of real wages, they are basically flat like pancakes.

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Aug 21, 2018

I wrote a bipartisan tax bill, and I thought that it would generate the kind of behavior-changing activity that would be good for our economy.

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Aug 21, 2018

I think it is unfortunate, respectfully, that you are not answering the question.

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Aug 21, 2018

The tax cuts will put a trillion dollars--over a trillion dollars--on the national credit card.

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Aug 21, 2018

The tax cuts will cost more than a trillion dollars.

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Aug 21, 2018

I want to work closely with the chairman... we are going to go gangbusters between now and the end of the Senate to work in a bipartisan way wherever we can.

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Aug 21, 2018

It is discriminatory. It seems to me it is based on nothing but intolerance, and the bottom line is, you are going to deny a lot of kids the opportunity to grow up in safe and loving homes.

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Aug 21, 2018

This stonewalling has gone on too long.

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Aug 21, 2018

Yet the Trump administration and the Trump Treasury Department continue to stonewall this committee's attempts to investigate these matters of criminal tax evasion, corruption, and foreign influence in our elections.

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