Wyden Honored with Digital Patriot Award 2012
April 25, 2012: Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) was honored with the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) Digital Patriot Award 2012 for his leadership in Congress advancing technology entrepreneurship and preserving innovation, most notably his brave and prescient opposition to the Protect IP Act (PIPA). For the awards presentation, CEA showed the following video with remarks from Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), Representative Darrell Issa (R-California), Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-California), Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), Representative Jared Polis (D-Colorado), Michael Petricone, Vinton Cerf, Michael McGeary and Gigi Sohn.