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'll tell you, gentlemen, it's this kind of case that makes many of us in Congress skeptical that it's actually a new day,
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His answer was, 'I am concerned with judicial independence. Congress can prescribe standards, but when Congress starts to act like a court and prescribe particular remedies in particular cases, Congress has overstepped its bounds.'
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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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I hope events unfold as he suggests, but I'm not yet there. I heard the president, for example, say that some Sunnis were in support of this,
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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 asked whether it was constitutional for Congress to intervene in an end-of-life case with a specific remedy,
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For Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 267,300 reserve component service men and women were called to service.
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For the amount of money that the country is going to spend this year on health care, you can go out and hire a doctor for every seven families in the US and pay the doctor almost $230,000 a year to cover them.
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If he's accurately quoted, I must say, it's outrageous, ... You all have indicated to us that you do not target children.
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It strikes me you're trying to have it both ways, ... I find it troubling, in terms of credibility.
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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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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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It seems to me the shareholders came first.