Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Cornyn (R-Tex.) introduced legislation today that they say would take a comprehensive approach to shutting down human sex trafficking. The bill includes provisions to set up block grant pilot projects in six states that would establish shelters for victims and provide treatment, counseling and legal aid, while also giving law enforcement the tools to crack down on pimps.  

RACHEL MADDOW: Joining us now is Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. He‘s a member of the Senate Finance Committee. Senator Wyden, it‘s good to see you. Thanks very much for coming in. SEN. RON WYDEN (D), OREGON: Thank you, Rachel. MADDOW: I ...  

As the U.S. prepares to ramp up troop levels in Afghanistan and bring that war to a close, Senator Ron Wyden calls for turning attention to turn to the illicit funding streams that are propping up the Taliban’s ability to remain a threat to U.S. troops and the Afghan people. In a letter dated December 21, Wyden asked for greater investigation into private donors and charities in Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries that have long...  

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has vastly more faith in the power of legislation than we have. There’s ample reason, in any case, to be skeptical about certain claims Wyden and others are making regarding the forest management bill the senator introduced last week. It’s called the Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act. Wyden was right to list jobs last. We don’t doubt that the bill, if it becomes law, will...  

I have some simple questions for Senators Brown, Rockefeller, and Wyden. You Senators say that the latest version of the Health Care Bill, stripped as it is of a Public Option or Medicare Buy-In, is still worth supporting. What is the mechanism to ...  

The Healthy Americans Act (HAA), also known as the Wyden-Bennett Act, is a Senate bill that proposes to improve health care in the United States by creating a universal health care system that would be paid for by both public and private ...  

I admit to being deeply disappointed in the US Senate Democrats complete inability to get a decent health care reform bill passed. It's just so damn depressing. I even had to turn the radio off during my commute this morning because it was just more than I could stand. And then, Senators Wyden and Merkley start to undo my Eeyore mood by actually trying to do some good stuff. Wyden may have effectively ended the long-running timber disputes in...  

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., accompanied by Randi Scutlock of the Pacific Rivers Council, (left), and John Sheik of the Ochoco Lumber Company, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, to announce support of the ‘Oregon ...  

If you believe the early reaction, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., may have achieved what has eluded so many politicians before him: a pact to bring peace to at least some of the Northwest forests. Wyden unveiled his plan for managing eastern Oregon national ...  

On Friday, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden got the Senate health care duo, Max Baucus and Harry Reid, to agree that some workers who cannot afford their share of the premiums for employer coverage could shop in the government’s new brokerage service, called the Exchange, so that they might find something that fits their budget. A baby step, perhaps,...  

James Ridgeway, Unsilent Generation - Trudy Lieberman of the Columbia Journalism Review, among the few writers to find her way through the blizzard of misleading press accounts on [public option], has done an interview with Oregon's Senator Ron Wyden that includes his own takedown of the current public option. Here is what Wyden says:"The House public option would cover six million people and the Senate three to four million - roughly one out...  

The FCC will prevent Internet service providers (ISP) from being able to act as gatekeepers, favoring their own applications or services over those provided by others and blocking or slowing certain Internet content. The senator’s statement follows: “The FCC did the right thing today. They said loud and clear that in America, the consumer is going to stay in control of how they use the Internet – not the well-connected, well-funded service...  

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced millions in funding for Oregon as part of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill passed by the Senate. The bill also marks the first time that the veterans health care funding will be budgeted for a two-year period supplanting the yearly budgeting process.  

Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comDeFazio, Wyden, Merkley request Southern Oregon mining withdrawalIllinois Valley NewsMembers of Oregon's Congressional delegation asked for the withdrawal back in 1999. The letter states that “since that time, these wild watersheds and their ...Oregon senators optimistic on IraqStatesman JournalOregon Senators Visit IraqKEZI TVLetter: Democrats should be voted out of officeEast OregonianHillsboro Argus...  

The health-care bill is a bonanza for senators -- and wordsmiths.