Such stories needlessly jeopardize the United States’ reputation on the world stage and have a chilling effect on those considering whether they should visit the United States.
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.
Over the past year and half, ordinary travel has turned into a traumatizing ordeal for tourists, business travelers, lawfully permanent residents, and U.S. citizens.
I wrote to the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department more than a year ago expressing concerns about your Departments’ unhelpful and unbalanced policies with respect to travelers visiting our country for major sporting…
This is why I'm making the case you have to have permanent reform, because you can't count on any of these people to be there for a very long time, and that's what we saw today.
At every opportunity, Republicans have made Americans’ health care more expensive and handed more power to big insurance companies.
From gas prices to groceries and everything in between, Oregonians are getting clobbered by high costs as a result of Trump’s illegal war and tariffs.
This vote will be an opportunity to show American families where each party stands on affordable health care.
Trump’s latest attack on affordable health care includes sleazy schemes to let insurance companies sell you plans with sky high deductibles then turn around and offer you a loan to pay for the care you can’t afford.
Warrantless FISA surveillance depends on a handful of government officials to choose not to misuse the most powerful spying apparatus the world has ever seen.
It is troubling enough that the Mint has developed a coin bearing the President’s image, which is more befitting a monarchy than a democracy,
It is clearer than ever that real reform is the only path to 60 votes on Section 702.
Unfortunately, Chairman Cotton has refused to discuss a single reform to FISA Section 702.
Trump made it clear that he expects whomever is Director of National Intelligence to promote his baseless election conspiracy theories.
It is now even clearer than before that the only path to 60 votes in the United States Senate on intelligence is real reform, actual black-letter law, that addresses these issues.
Regular Americans can't count on those companies to stand up to government jawboning, they need a way to level the playing field," Wyden said while announcing the Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach to Networked Expression…
We ask that you immediately reverse this stance, reinstate improperly terminated commissioners and board members, and publicly commit to working with the Minority Leader to fill other Democratic vacancies with qualified Democratic nominees.
This wildlife crossing over I-5 will prove a big win for protecting animals native to southern Oregon and for making travel much safer for motorists driving the interstate just north of the California line.
Every day that 702 is in effect without reforms is a day that Americans’ rights are under threat.
Last year there was a dramatic spike in 'sensitive' warrantless searches, which involve looking for and reading the communications of American journalists and American political and religious organizations.
Nearly all of Americans’ speech – including TV news, online streams and social media - flows through private corporations that are highly susceptible to government pressure. Regular Americans can’t count on those companies to stand up to…
All Oregonians deserve clean water and achieving that vital public health mission requires consistent and robust federal investment in modern infrastructure throughout our state.
The housing crisis deepens every year in Oregon and across the country, dimming people’s dreams of homeownership and pushing more working-class families onto the street because they can’t cover rent.
Congress designed these boards and commissions to be bipartisan and gave them the authority to regulate some of the most vital and significant parts of American life.
As Ranking Members of Committees in the Senate responsible for overseeing independent agencies, we are concerned about the White House’s lack of serious engagement with Senate Democrats to identify strong candidates to fill open positions.
Despite continued claims by Donald Trump that mail-in voting leads to higher cases of voter fraud, states that use it experience fewer instances of voter fraud than any other system.





