WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ron Wyden tonight issued the following statement on the passing of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "Harry Reid was a vintage Westerner who had an uncommon skill for common-sense solutions that made life better for millions of Americans. He was a plainspoken man whose hardscrabble upbringing and boxer's training instilled in him an unmatched work ethic, a sixth sense of what made peopl more PR