Press Releases

December 12, 2008

Congressional Record: Wyden Statement on Auto Bailout Vote

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore) entered the following statement into the Congressional Record on December, 12, 2008."Yesterday, when I heard the Majority Leader was going to call a cloture vote, I changed my schedule and hurriedly returned to Washington, D.C. from Oregon, where I had been working on the Oregon Business Plan at the Oregon Business Summit in Portland. I was on an airplane, about an hour away from the Capitol, when the Senate Leader called the vote, and I missed the cloture vote … Continue Reading

November 21, 2008

15 Senate Sponsors of the Healthy Americans Act Outline a "Roadmap" for Building Bipartisan Consensus on Health Reform

November 19, 2008

Wyden Applauds Daschle Selection

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November 03, 2008

Wyden Urges Accelerated Study for Reopening Pioneer Route

October 31, 2008

CORP Ordered to Sell Coos Bay Rail Line to Port

October 24, 2008

Wyden Uses Oregon Products from Rural Counties to Thank Senate Leaders for Passage of County Timber Payments

October 03, 2008

Wyden's Multi-Year County Payments Extension Will Become Law

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October 03, 2008

Wyden in Coos County on October 6 for Annual Town Hall Meeting

October 03, 2008

Wyden to hold town hall meeting in Curry County on October 5

October 01, 2008

Wyden Statement on Financial Bailout Package

Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) issued the following statement after voting against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008: "Americans are hurting and Congress is rightly being called to action. But if history has taught us anything these last few years, it is that no matter how great the rush to judgment, Congress has an obligation to take the time to ask tough questions and make certain that the action it chooses is arrived at in a thoughtful fashion. This is … Continue Reading

September 26, 2008

Wyden, Markey Introduce "Independence at Home" Act

September 26, 2008

White House Backs Senate Legislation to Extend County Payments

September 24, 2008

Senate Drops Civil Enforcement Provisions from Intellectual Property Act

September 22, 2008

Wyden Issues Statement on Administration Proposal to Address Financial Crisis

Washington, DC- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) issued the following statement today on Congressional action to address the nation's financial crisis:"The serious threat to the nation's financial system requires Congress to act as wisely and as quickly as is practical. But that doesn't mean Congress should act recklessly. Unless we address the underlying faults in the system that brought us to this financial abyss in the first place, we may simply be building the world's largest … Continue Reading

September 19, 2008

Senator Wyden Welcomes the AMA to the Fight For Health Care Reform

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September 17, 2008

Independent Health Reform Analysis: Middle Class Wins Under Healthy Americans Act

September 16, 2008

Senate Committee Agrees to Tax Package with County Payments Extension

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced today that a package of tax cut extenders that includes multi-year reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 has been agreed upon in the Senate Committee on Finance, a committee of which he is a member. The bill would reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools program, commonly known as the "county payments law" through 2011, while fully funding the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program for … Continue Reading

September 10, 2008

Wyden Calls for Major Reforms at Interior Department

Washington, D.C. - Senator Wyden spoke on the Senate floor today in response to a report released by the Inspector General of the Interior Department. The report details numerous problems at the department's Minerals Management Service, which is responsible for ensuring that American taxpayers get their fair share of revenues for drilling on Federal lands. Taxpayers' interests were neglected due to improper relationships between employees and oil companies, a broken royalties program … Continue Reading

September 09, 2008

Wyden Challenges Order Authorizing Export of Alaskan Natural Gas

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing projections that natural gas will cost Americans an average of 22% more this winter than last, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden asked Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to review and revoke the Department of Energy's recent order authorizing the export of 98.1 billion cubic feet of Alaskan natural gas -- enough gas to meet the needs of 1.4 million American families -- to Japan other Pacific Rim countries. "The Administration is trying to have it both ways - arguing that … Continue Reading

August 01, 2008

Wyden Proposes Tax Fairness for Satellite TV

WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing to fight against taxes that make it harder for new technologies to compete against long-established ones, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the State Video Tax Fairness Act to ensure that the satellite television industry is not taxed at higher rates than other multichannel video program distribution (MVPD) services. The bill would end states' ability to charge discriminatory tax rates for satellite service over cable or Internet television."As the original … Continue Reading

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