WYDEN, RONALD L

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WYDEN, RONALD L
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Personal

Full Name: Ron Wyden

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Nancy; 5 Children: Adam, Lilly, William, Ava, Scarlett

Birth Date: 05/03/1949

Birth Place: Wichita, KS

Home City: Portland, OR

Religion: Jewish

Education

Attended, University of California, Santa Barbara

JD, University of Oregon School of Law, 1974

BA, Political Science, Stanford University, 1971

Political Experience

Senator, United States Senate, 1997-present

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1981-1996

Won Special Election, United States Senate, January 30, 1996

Current Legislative Committees

Budget, Member

Energy and Natural Resources, Member

Finance, Ranking Member

Joint Committee on Taxation, Member

Select Committee on Intelligence, Member

Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on National Parks, Member

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, and Mining, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, Member

Subcommittee on Water and Power, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Bike Caucus

Member, Congressional Coalition on Adoption

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus

Member, Congressional Internet Caucus

Member, Congressional Wine Caucus

Member, Democratic Policy Committee

Member, Oregon Women's Political Caucus

Member, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus

Member, Senate Centrist Coalition

Professional Experience

University Instructor, Gerontology

Co-Director, Oregon Gray Panthers, 1974-1980

Co-Founder, Oregon Gray Panthers, 1974-1980

Director, Oregon Legal Services for the Elderly, 1977-1979

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Advisory Board, American Red Cross, Oregon Trail Chapter

Member, Advisory Board, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics

Co-Founder, Grey Panthers, Oregon Chapter

Chair, Oregon Business Plan Leadership Committee

Member, Oregon State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, 1977-1979

Additional Information

Awards:

Progressive, Committed and Compassionate Legislator Award, American Society of Intereventional Pain Physicians, 2001

Community Health Superheroes, National Association of Community Health Centers, 2001

Total: 5

Sen. Ron Wyden to introduce bill on foster care reform

When he first started working in Oregon’s child welfare system fresh out of college in 2002, Charles Nyby learned to avoid telling people what he did for a living.

08/04/2015

By Bill Theobald | Statesman Journal

Wyden Sponsors Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act

06/12/2015

Ron Wyden's Official Personal Website

Wyden, for National Hemp History Week, Urges Lifting the Ban on Industrial Hemp

06/04/2015

Ron Wyden's Official Personal Website

Wyden: USA Freedom Act Biggest Privacy Win in a Decade

06/02/2015

Ron Wyden's Official Personal Website

How rich is Sen. Ron Wyden's wife? New disclosure report hides as much as it reveals

05/27/2015

By Jeff Mapes | The Associated Press

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Support It is necessary to keep "Three Strikes" laws and death penalty on the books, but we also need to avoid inappropriate imprisonment or sentencement.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Support In order to recover from the Great Recession, the federal government should institute stimulus for private corporations for more hiring.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Support The government should subsidize health insurance for groups which are at risk. Universal health insurance is a good goal, although some market methods can work as well as government systems.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Support The government should make few restrictions on immigration but not treat illegal aliens as criminals.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Oppose We should consider about both nature rights and human needs, accounting for nature's value for humans as well as for other environmental benefits.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 800

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
02/04/2016	S.2504	MAILS Act	02/04/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
02/03/2016	S.2492	Encouraging Americans to Save Act	02/03/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
12/16/2015	S.2409	Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015	12/16/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
12/16/2015	S.2069	Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act	12/16/2015 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 336. (All Actions)
12/15/2015	S.Res.336	A resolution honoring the Portland Timbers as the champions of Major League Soccer in 2015.	12/15/2015 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions)
12/10/2015	S.2387	Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act	12/10/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
10/22/2015	S.Res.287	A resolution condemning the senseless murder and wounding of 18 individuals (sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, students, and teachers) in Roseburg, Oregon, on October 1, 2015.	10/22/2015 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions)
10/21/2015	S.2191	PARTNERSHIPS Act	10/21/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
10/07/2015	S.2164	A bill to extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to make permanent the payment in lieu of taxes program and the land and water conservation fund.	10/07/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
10/07/2015	S.2148	Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2015	10/07/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
10/07/2015	S.139	Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015	10/07/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-63. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
10/07/2015	S.136	Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015	10/07/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-62. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
09/30/2015	S.Res.266	A resolution designating September 2015 as "National Kinship Care Month".	09/30/2015 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions)
09/28/2015	S.2090	Social Security Earned Benefits Payment Act	09/28/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
08/06/2015	S.2009	Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) Accountability Act of 2015	08/06/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
08/05/2015	S.1964	Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015	08/05/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
08/05/2015	S.1954	I Teach Act of 2015	08/05/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
08/05/2015	S.Res.246	A resolution commemorating 80 years since the creation of Social Security.	08/05/2015 Referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
07/30/2015	S.971	Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015	07/30/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-39. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
07/29/2015	S.1891	Coal Royalty Fairness Act of 2015	07/29/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)

Total: 4958

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/14/2017	S.722	Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017
06/13/2017	S.1343	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify certain charitable tax provisions.
06/08/2017	S.1328	A bill to extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	S.1324	A bill to prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
06/08/2017	S.Res.184	A resolution relative to the death of James Paul David "Jim" Bunning, former United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
06/08/2017	S.1152	SAFE Banking Act
05/22/2017	S.Res.156	A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster-care system.
05/18/2017	S.1172	A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	S.Res.173	A resolution designating the week of May 15 through May 21, 2017, as "National Police Week".
05/18/2017	S.Con.Res.16	A concurrent resolution expressing support for strengthening engagement between the United States and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
05/18/2017	S.582	Office of Special Counsel Reauthorization Act of 2017
05/17/2017	S.1162	A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	S.1158	A bill to help prevent acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, which threaten national and international security, by enhancing United States Government capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such crises.
05/17/2017	S.1143	Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2017
05/17/2017	S.Res.168	A resolution supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia.
05/17/2017	S.829	AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017
05/16/2017	S.Res.163	A resolution recognizing the roles and contributions of the teachers of the United States in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States.
05/11/2017	S.1114	A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order laying a foundation for discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, women, religious minorities, and others under the pretext of religious freedom.
05/11/2017	S.1105	Miners Pension Protection Act
05/10/2017	S.1092	Interstate Transport Act of 2017

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