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
law track enforcement
Until relatively recently, law enforcement's ability to determine an individual's location and track their movements was largely limited to natural human powers of observation.
gasoline-prices oil people
Gasoline prices are soaring through the stratosphere, and the Federal Trade Commission, which is supposed to be standing up for the consumer, ought to stop playing footsie with the oil companies and take steps to protect the American people.
senior years income
When I was 27 years old, I organized legal aid clinics to help low-income seniors. It was a life-altering experience.
house swamps months
This house better get cleaned up in six months. The swamp is going to have to be drained pretty quickly.
loss choices care
With the loss of Free Choice Vouchers, hundreds of thousands of workers will now be forced to choose between their employers' unaffordable insurance or going without health care.
time believe rome
There is an old saying that all roads lead to Rome. It seems the administration so often clearly believes that no matter what the evidence was at any particular time, essentially everything led to Saddam Hussein.
law ethics morse-code
The ethics laws do not let us tap out the truth in Morse code.
suicide stress divorce
Men and women who have served in harm's way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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.
technology phones cells
Police departments no longer have to pay overtime or divert resources from other projects to find out where an individual goes - all they have to do is place a tracking device on someone's car or ask a cell phone company for that individual's location history and the technology does the work for them.
sacrifice states national-guard
Oregonians aren't the only ones who recognize the extraordinary service and sacrifice of their state's National Guard.
jobs healthy care
Under the Healthy Americans Act, you're in charge of your health care - not your employer. If you lose your job, change jobs or just can't find a job, your health insurance is guaranteed to stick with you.
choices competition reform
It's correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition.
two-sides care fixing
Fixing health care and fixing the economy are two sides of the same coin.