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
country thinking drug
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.
strong thinking should-have
I think if progressives stay at this, continue at the grassroots level to make the case that all Americans should have choice, all Americans ought to be able to hold insurance companies accountable, I think we will have 60 votes in the United States Senate for a strong bill.
thinking oil political
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.
jobs thinking best-job
I think I've got the best job around.
branches bully great three
They just have great cards. They've got all three branches of government. They've got the bully pulpit.
indeed tackle
This is indeed a concern, ... We will tackle it.
companies exporting fight intend problems strength
I intend ? to fight with all of my strength to keep the companies from exporting problems that we have here overseas,
question states telling unites votes whether
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.
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.
consists mostly program required stuff voluntary
This voluntary program consists mostly of stuff they're already required to do,
beyond hardest people single
And the single hardest thing, ... is to get people beyond those points.
bit direction today
We have a bit more direction today than before, but . . . there is still a long way to go.