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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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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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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President Obama said it best during his state of the Union Address this year when he declared: 'I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules.'
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I believe very strongly that no jurisdiction in this country has shown that they have been hurt by their inability to impose discriminatory taxes against the Internet, ... State and local governments have a right to be concerned about where their revenue is coming from, but they should not be able to view the Internet as a cyber cash cow and treat it differently from other forms of commerce.
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Oregonians aren't the only ones who recognize the extraordinary service and sacrifice of their state's National Guard.
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You have an always-expanding, omnipresent surveillance state that's constantly chipping away at the liberties and freedoms of law-abiding Americans.
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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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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.