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October 09, 2026

Wyden Calls for Public Release of Report on White House-Funded Surveillance Programs, Including National Database of Flock and Other ALPR Images

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called for the White House to release a report it commissioned examining the privacy impacts of surveillance activities funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), including a program that scoops up data from Flock cameras and other license plate readers across the country and a dragnet phone surveillance program called Hemisphere. Wyden learned of the report as part of his oversight of the Hemisphere phone surveillance program, which mined tril… Continue Reading

October 08, 2026

Wyden, Merkley Announce More Than $1 Million to Support Addiction and Recovery Services in Eastern Oregon

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced more than $1 million in federal awards to help combat the opioid epidemic and to support addiction and recovery services in Eastern Oregon. “The opioid epidemic continues to harm communities across the state, especially in rural areas that often have limited addiction treatment resources,” Wyden said. “I applaud this federal award to the Oregon Washington Health Network that will strengthen addiction and recovery services for Eastern Oreg… Continue Reading

October 07, 2026

Wyden Leads Colleagues in Call for IRS to Drop Unnecessary and Harmful Immigration Status Question on Tax Form

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he is leading his Democratic colleagues in calling on the IRS to reverse a proposed rule that would, for the first time, add citizenship and work authorization questions to 2026 tax forms, in an effort to intimidate immigrants into not filing tax returns, and raising privacy concerns over the handling of private taxpayer data. In a letter to IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, Wyden and the other senators described how adding a new immigration question serves no clear tax… Continue Reading

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June 26, 2026

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