Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee "Ron" Wydenis the senior United States Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 May 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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We have a bit more direction today than before, but . . . there is still a long way to go.
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We want to give the department real teeth to protect the public. This would give the federal government meaningful authority.
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Everybody comes to a hearing, and they could be giving the same position paper from 10 years ago. All they need to do is change the dates, ... If you look at the tapestry of environmental legislation today . . . both sides have the capacity to block each other.
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Every single day, the flood of pornographic and sleazy spam grows.
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the government isn't in the consumer protection business anymore.
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There have been indications for some months now that taxpayer interests aren't protected. I'm glad the Defense Department is finally coming to ask some tough questions. They should have been raising these issues many months ago.
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Without Free Choice Vouchers, there is little in the health reform law that discourages employers from increasingly passing the burden of health care costs onto their employees.
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at least puts a band-aid on a flawed policy.
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The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned about earmarks: it creates a slippery slope by which lobbyists and special interest groups can sneak provisions into large, must-pass legislation.
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The United States Senate is not here to just staple the paperwork on this deal and then salute it. We've got to go in there with an editing pencil, not a rubber stamp.
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This corporation resorted to a variety of legal, regulatory and accounting contortions to keep investors and the public in the dark, ... It is now high time for the Congress to flip on the light and get to the bottom of this situation.
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They got the right people involved to stop the activity.
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It strikes me you're trying to have it both ways, ... I find it troubling, in terms of credibility.
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It seems to me the shareholders came first.