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By Kay Bailey Hutchison , Special to CNN updated 8:45 AM EST, Wed February 15, 2012 Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says Medicare reform is complicated, but not impossible if lawmakers cooperate. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says entitlement refo
Jackson County received about $5 million for current fiscal year; if proposed extension fails, county administrator says we'll be fine President Barack Obama's proposed five-year extension of county timber payments would provide a short-term financial be
Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind. , left, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. , leave the Senate floor on during a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. View Photo »
I think it would be fair to say that our side has been fighting above our weight, and we are now moving into the last rounds and we’re still on our feet and there is tremendous support growing for our side
GOLD BEACH – Curry County commissioners are not optimistic that timber payments will be approved even though $1 million in funds are listed in President Obama’s budget. And if the payments are approved, commissioners say that isn’t enough for Curry Count
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's corporate tax reform plan would end "dozens and dozens" of tax breaks, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday as he defended the White House's election-year call for higher taxes on the wealt
* Sen. Wyden-"time out" needed to assess impact (Adds comments from Senator Ron Wyden, paragraphs 8-11) WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The United States should bar exports of natural gas to prevent domestic prices from rising, Democratic Congressman Edwa
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (L) shakes hands with U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) before a news conference about the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. Kirk... View Photo »
We have been teaming up on this and have been working on this for some time
Federal dollars would continue flowing to Lane County and other cash-strapped forested counties in Oregon and across the nation for the near future under the Obama administration’s budget for the 2013 fiscal year that was released Monday. President Obama
If the last ten years of debt and jobs destruction have taught us anything, it’s that we must change our tax system and soon, or face economic disaster. Instead of maintaining our infrastructure, we are consuming it. Instead of investing in education and
Ronald Wyden (born May 3, 1949) is an American politician from Oregon and a member of the Democratic Party. He won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1980, and served there until 1996, when he became a U.S. Senator. Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (L) speaks during a news conference about the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) with ACLU Legislative Counsel Chris Calabrese (C) and President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (R) shows off a current version of the computer game 'Oregon Trail' on his iPhone while playing the the original version on an Apple IIGS with his Communications Director Jennifer Hoelzer (C) after a news conference about the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (R) and his Communications Director Jennifer Holelzer play the computer game 'Oregon Trail' on an Apple IIGS after a news conference about the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) October 18, 2011...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) (L) holds a Motorola cell phone from the 1980s during a news conference with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) about the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. Wyden and...
View Photo »Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind. , left, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. , leave the Senate floor on during a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 04: Rep. John Rockefeller (D-WV) (C) addresses a news conference with (L-R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and members of the National Association of Counties at the U.S. Captiol May 4, 2011 in Washington, DC. ...
View Photo »Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. , speaks to reporters after leaving the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011.
View Photo »Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) (L), Ben Cardin (D-MD) (C) and Jeff Bingaman (D-MN) speak before Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies to the Senate Finance Committee in Washington March 16, 2011.
View Photo »Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. , right, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. , left, arrive to vote on the spending bill in the Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Late Wednesday, the Senate rejected competing Republican and Democratic spending bills in a bit of Capitol...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 03: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) participates a Senate Budget Committee hearing on March 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from Secretary LaHood on president Obama's FY 2012 budget request for the Transportation Department.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) pulls a 3.5-inch floppy disc from a IBM PC Convertable before a news conference about the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. U.S. Sen. Krick and U.S. Sen. Ron...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) stands near computers that were cutting edge techonology in 1986 before a news conference about the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. U.S. Sen. Krick and U.S....
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) looks at at Tandy hand-held PC-5 and a IBM PC Convertable before a news conference about the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. U.S. Sen. Krick and U.S. Sen....
View Photo »FILE - In this April 14, 2011, file photo, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. , speaks to reporters after leaving the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee says that he, like the public, is being kept in the dark about Justice...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd R) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Sen. Patty Murray...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (4th R) listens to U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) as Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) (2nd L), U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) (3rd L), U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) (3rd R), U.S. Sen....
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (L) speaks during a news conference about the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) with ACLU Legislative Counsel Chris Calabrese (C) and President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise...
View Photo »I think it would be fair to say that our side has been fighting above our weight, and we are now moving into the last rounds and we’re still on our feet and there is tremendous support growing for our side
We have been teaming up on this and have been working on this for some time
I think this is an example of a very powerful industry — the content sector — essentially trying to use a government as a club over the innovation sector, particularly folks who focus on the Internet
We’re going to be able to handcuff the bad actors that are selling fake movies and Viagra
Bills like PIPA and SOPA will do lasting damage to one of the fastest growing, job-creating sectors of our economy: the Internet ... The at-all-costs approach that these bills take to protect the intellectual property sacrifices cyber-security while restricting free speech and innovation.
Companies could also abuse such authority to protect out-dated business models by quashing new innovations in their infancy and discouraging less than complimentary speech
Congress must find ways to create jobs while reducing the deficit and tax reform has been shown to help address both problems in the past. I'm going to continue making the case that tax reform is the right thing to do to get our economy going and that there is a proven model to get it done in a divided ...
Congress needs to hear from more than the lobbyists who wrote this bill, Congress needs to hear from people like you who understand the value of a free and fair Internet
