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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While Free Choice Vouchers didn't fulfill my vision of a health care system in which every American would be empowered to hire and fire their insurance company, they were a foothold for choice and competition and a safety valve for Americans whose employers are already forcing them to bear more and more of their family's health insurance costs.
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Let's hold insurance companies accountable the right way by making them put their whole customer base on the line.
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They just have great cards. They've got all three branches of government. They've got the bully pulpit.
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This is indeed a concern, ... We will tackle it.
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I intend ? to fight with all of my strength to keep the companies from exporting problems that we have here overseas,
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I'm telling you, the votes are there in the Unites States Senate, ... This is not a question of whether it is going to happen, but when it's going to happen.
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It's time to force these objections out of the shadows and into the sunshine.
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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.
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It's brute power. Much of this is about who's the last in the room, and it reflects badly on the Congress.
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This voluntary program consists mostly of stuff they're already required to do,
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And the single hardest thing, ... is to get people beyond those points.
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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.