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
business consumer government protection
the government isn't in the consumer protection business anymore.
advancing balance citizens critical fairer intelligence meet operations protecting rights security strikes
now strikes a much fairer balance by protecting critical rights for our country's citizens and advancing intelligence operations to meet our security needs.
both strikes terms trying
It strikes me you're trying to have it both ways, ... I find it troubling, in terms of credibility.
came seems
It seems to me the shareholders came first.
force shadows time
It's time to force these objections out of the shadows and into the sunshine.
based bill strong work
I want to get this done, ... I want a strong bill to go to the president's desk, and, based on this hearing, I think we have a lot of work to do.
badly brute last power reflects
It's brute power. Much of this is about who's the last in the room, and it reflects badly on the Congress.
against begins benefits care choice current employees empower free groups health interest measure object power special
The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system.
abandon cannot extending finds fiscally successful
We cannot abandon them, and this legislation finds a fiscally responsible way of extending this successful law.
across bipartisan breaks faith folks harder proposal rural solutions west
This proposal breaks faith with rural folks all across the West and will make it harder to find bipartisan legislative solutions in the future,
cost law looking medicare vehicle
We're looking for the right vehicle to get this important provision into law and get some cost containment into the Medicare benefit.
facts until
until we get all the facts on the table.
involved people stop
They got the right people involved to stop the activity.
flawed puts
at least puts a band-aid on a flawed policy.