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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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May 23, 2018

I am anxious to work with him on the agenda he has outlined.

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May 23, 2018

I would like to just go down the row and have each of you give me what would be your top priority for Medicare as it relates to longer-term stability for rural providers and particularly for rural seniors in our country.

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May 23, 2018

We have really got some heavy lifting to do in the next 5 years.

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May 23, 2018

Where you live should not determine if you live.

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May 23, 2018

It ought to be possible to guarantee that rural Americans are not on the outside looking in.

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May 23, 2018

Keeping these hospital emergency departments open is a key challenge when it comes to rural health care.

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May 23, 2018

The fastest way to do it is by slashing Medicaid.

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May 23, 2018

I think it is very doable to produce a bipartisan product here.

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May 14, 2018

As a general proposition, giving sanctions relief to a company like this, where there has been a bipartisan, non-classified report, as a general proposition that strikes me as a mistake from a counterintelligence standpoint, from a…

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May 14, 2018

I appreciate the response. The President's comment over the weekend about ZTE I think obviously raises extraordinary national security questions, as well as economic policy concerns.

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May 8, 2018

First of all, I want to thank the distinguished Senator from Vermont, who has been such a role model to me since I came to the Senate--we started working together on technology issues and worked together on so many matters dealing with…

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May 2, 2018

We believe that Chemawa Indian School wants to improve the health and well-being of their students and we support them in this effort.

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Apr 23, 2018

The tax changes were unkind because senior citizens and working families will be made worse off.

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Apr 23, 2018

It was unfair for the legislation to lower taxes on the top earners in our society.

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Apr 23, 2018

It's estimated that 83 percent of the benefits of the tax cuts will go to the top 1 percent.

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Apr 23, 2018

The tax bill also further rigs our economy to benefit the wealthy in numerous ways.

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Apr 23, 2018

This clearly breaks promises about this bill made by the Republicans to American workers

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Apr 23, 2018

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act worsens the offshoring of investments by allowing deductions that zero out, or at most halve, the tax rate applied to profits said to be made by offshore branches

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Apr 23, 2018

The tax bill gave a windfall to those tax dodgers by allowing deferred profits to be taxed at the bargain basement rate of either 8 or 15.5 percent

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Apr 23, 2018

Americans Abroad were an unintended target of these new laws.

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Apr 23, 2018

Senator Wyden sent Senator Hatch a letter describing 17 provisions in the legislative text that...did not reflect the decisions made by committee members.

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Apr 23, 2018

Senator Wyden objected, arguing that such authority was too broad.

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Apr 23, 2018

The partisan process of writing the 2017 tax bill was reckless and irresponsible from the very beginning.

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Apr 23, 2018

The facts do not resemble the promises when it comes to this tax law.

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