Ron Wyden

American Politician
Ron Wyden, the senior U.S. Senator from Oregon, is a prominent advocate for privacy rights, internet freedom, and limiting government surveillance. He's known for his libertarian-leaning stances within the Democratic Party and has been a defender of civil liberties since he first took office in 1996.

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Ronald Lee Wyden ( WY-dən; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 1996. He is the dean of Oregon’s congressional delegation and chairs the Senate Finance Committee. Known for his libertarian-leaning stances within the Democratic Party, Wyden has been a prominent advocate for privacy rights, internet freedom, and limiting government surveillance, positioning him as a defender of civil liberties.

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Ron Wyden is an American politician who has served as the senior United States Senator from Oregon since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party and previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996.

Ron Wyden is a member of the Democratic Party, but he is known for his libertarian-leaning stances within the party.

Ron Wyden has been a prominent advocate for privacy rights, internet freedom, and limiting government surveillance, positioning him as a defender of civil liberties.

Ron Wyden has held his seat as the senior U.S. Senator from Oregon since 1996.

Ron Wyden is the dean of Oregon’s congressional delegation and chairs the Senate Finance Committee.

Before becoming a U.S. Senator, Ron Wyden served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996.

Ron Wyden was born on May 3, 1949.

Quotes by Ron Wyden

Every single day, the flood of pornographic and sleazy spam grows.

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I don’t care who you love. If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn’t have to hide who you are.

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I think we have to ask this administration, and the President specifically, about using their political capital now to stand up for the American consumer who is getting clobbered by these gasoline and oil prices.

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In today’s world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.

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It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.

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It’s time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It’s time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow – building a health care system that works for all Americans.

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Many health care providers, particularly physicians in rural and urban areas, are leaving the Government programs because of inadequate reimbursement rates.

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My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don’t go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it.

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The Bush administration did stop filling the reserve in 2002 when it helped the oil industry. Now they should do it to help the consumer.

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The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it’s grotesque.

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There is an old saying that all roads lead to Rome. It seems the administration so often clearly believes that no matter what the evidence was at any particular time, essentially everything led to Saddam Hussein.

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This house better get cleaned up in six months. The swamp is going to have to be drained pretty quickly.

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