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
order people community
In order to do vigorous oversight, the leadership of the intelligence community has got to be straight with the American people and straight with the Congress. For there to be vigorous oversight, the intelligence community's got to be straight with the American people and the Congress and that has not been the case.
two-sides care fixing
Fixing health care and fixing the economy are two sides of the same coin.
men storm shields
For Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 267,300 reserve component service men and women were called to service.
life country risk
I don't care who you love. If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn't have to hide who you are.
law surveillance-state liberty
You have an always-expanding, omnipresent surveillance state that's constantly chipping away at the liberties and freedoms of law-abiding Americans.
choices competition reform
It's correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition.
america broken silence
Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship.
president surveillance authority
The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately
law ethics morse-code
The ethics laws do not let us tap out the truth in Morse code.
opportunity land entrepreneur
The Internet has become an integral part of everyday life precisely because it has been an open-to-all land of opportunity where entrepreneurs, thinkers and innovators are free to try, fail and then try again.
jobs thinking best-job
I think I've got the best job around.
house swamps months
This house better get cleaned up in six months. The swamp is going to have to be drained pretty quickly.
believe gun government
The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase records. And it also becomes part of another important issue that relates to the FISA court and the rest of the debate. It almost becomes a secret law, like there are two Patriot Acts. The one you read on the laptop essentially leads you to believe that there's some connection to terror .
dream believe nba
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve my life-long dream of playing in the NBA.