Press Releases

January 15, 2009

Bipartisan Group of Senators Re-Introduce Legislation to Create Jobs through Infrastructure Investments

Washington DC - Encouraging much-needed job creation and investment in transportation construction and repair, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Roger Wicker, (R-Miss.) re-introduced today the bipartisan "Build America Bonds" Act (S. 238). The funding from this one-time federal bonding program has the potential to create 2.5 million new jobs and shore up that nation's aging roads, rail lines and bridges by funding … Continue Reading

January 15, 2009

Wyden Statement on the Resolution of Disapproval

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) issued the following statement after his vote in favor of the Joint Resolution Relating to the Disapproval of Obligations Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008"Last October, I voted against the $700 billion Wall Street bailout because Congress failed to write any meaningful taxpayer protections, didn't have a plausible plan that was likely to re-open our capital markets, and abdicated its responsibility to reform the Wall … Continue Reading

January 15, 2009

Senate Passes Public Lands Bill

Washington, D.C. - Seven public lands bills authored by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) passed the Senate today by a vote of 73-21 as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (S.22). "The Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007," "The Copper Salmon Wilderness Act," "The Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008," "The Cascade Siskiyou National Monument Voluntary and Equitable Grazing Conflict Resolution Act," "The Spring Basin … Continue Reading

January 13, 2009

Wyden to hold First Town Hall of 2009 in Klamath County

Portland, OR - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will hold his first town hall meeting of 2009 in Klamath Falls on Saturday, January 24th. Residents of Klamath County are invited to attend the open forum to ask questions and voice their concerns. Wyden holds town halls in every Oregon county every year. The Klamath Falls town hall kicks off the 14th year of these meetings.Klamath County Town Hall MeetingDate: January 24, 2009Time: 10:30 a.m. PDTLocation: Oregon Institute of … Continue Reading

January 10, 2009

Senate Set to Pass Public Lands Bill

January 08, 2009

Wyden Issues Statement on Conflict in Gaza

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January 07, 2009

Wyden Assists Swift Introduction of Public Lands Bill

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December 24, 2008

Wyden Leads and Succeeds in 110th Congress

December 15, 2008

Wyden-Requested IG Report on Interior Corruption Uncovers "Contempt for the Public Trust" and "Untold Waste"

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

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

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

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