WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Senators Request Defense Department Inspector General Investigate DOD Multibillion-Dollar Wireless Contracts with Major Phone Networks, Despite Known Cyber Weaknesses, Threatening National Security * * * U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., called for the Defense Department's top watchdog to investigate the Pentagon's failure to secure its communications from foreig more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * The American Hospital Association reported that America will face a shortage of approximately 100,000 critical health care workers by 2028 * * * As America faces nationwide health care worker shortages, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a bill that would make it easier for health care employers to create new registered apprenticeship programs to train the next generation of health professionals. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ron Wyden issued the following statement after working successfully to secure tonight's Senate passage of tax relief for wildfire survivors in Oregon and nationwide. "This is great news for Oregonians whose lives and livelihoods have been ripped apart by wildfires," said Wyden, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees tax policy. "Today's vote restores common sense and common decency  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced the Free Speech Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to protect individuals and organizations from frivolous lawsuits designed to chill free speech and political action. Representatives Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., led companion legislation in the House. Corporations and special interests have used strategic lawsuits against public participat more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he is urging the Biden administration to make further progress on the federal government's approach to cannabis before the end of its term. In a letter to the Biden administration, Wyden joined with lawmakers from the Senate and House to applaud the historic steps the administration has taken to lessen the harm of cannabis criminalization and push the Administration to take add more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement on Donald Trump's announcement that he would nominate Frank Bisignano to be the commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA): "Millions of Americans count on Social Security to deliver defined benefits they earned by paying into the program out of every paycheck," Wyden said. "SSA  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following remarks: * * * As Prepared for Delivery The Finance Committee meets this morning to vote on the nomination of David Johnson to serve as Inspector General for Tax Administration. First, on Mr. Johnson's background. This is a non-partisan, down-the-middle nominee for a position that requires exactly that type of individual. Mr. Johnson currently serves as the Assistant Inspector Ge more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Resolution calls on Iran to End its Reprehensible Treatment of Baha'is, Urges the Biden Administration to Push for Release of Religious Prisoners and Sanction Individuals Responsible for Carrying out Human Rights Violations * * * U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., applauded the passage of his bipartisan resolution to acknowledge the religious persecution of the Baha'i community in Iran, and to call for the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today a total of $10,105,326 in funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)'s America the Beautiful Challenge for four projects that will boost essential ecosystem conservation and restoration efforts in the state. "Our delicate ecosystems, waterways, and wildlife are the lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest, and we need to do everything more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden along with U.S. Representative Val Hoyle announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is sending a total of $1,758,536 to fund Lane County's project to seismically retrofit the Hayden Bridge, a pedestrian bridge in northeast Springfield. "As I hold a town hall in each of Oregon's 36 counties every year, I hear firsthand from folks about wha more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined with lawmakers from the Senate and House to urge the Department of Education to discharge student loan debt for hundreds of thousands of students in Oregon and nationwide defrauded by predatory schools. During the first Trump administration, defrauded borrowers' applications for debt relief were left to languish for years, and if reviewed, were more PR