Ron Wyden

Ronald Wyden was born in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Edith (née Rosenow) and Peter H. Wyden (originally Weidenreich, 1923–1998),{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/29/nyregion/peter-wyden-74-journalist-and-father-of-oregon-senator.html |title=Peter Wyden, 74, Journalist and Father of Oregon Senator |work=The New York Times |date=June 29, 1998 |first=Somini |last=Sengupta |access-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908041755/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/29/nyregion/peter-wyden-74-journalist-and-father-of-oregon-senator.html |url-status=live }} both of whom were Jewish and had fled Nazi Germany.[https://archive.today/20120630211542/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/wyden.htm Entry] on Rootsweb.com, created by [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/ Robert Battle (battle@u.washington.edu)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512105445/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/ |date=May 12, 2015 }} He grew up in Palo Alto, California, where he played basketball for Palo Alto High School.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/11/MN15604.DTL&type=printable|title=Palo Alto to Honor Local Boy|work=San Francisco Chronicle|last=Simon|first=Mark|date=December 11, 1999|access-date=December 22, 2009|archive-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719051646/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/11/MN15604.DTL&type=printable|url-status=live}} He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, on a basketball scholarship,{{cite news|url=http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2003/03/03/News/Senator.Speaks.Out.On.Iraq.Economy-2155338.shtml |title=Senator speaks out on Iraq, economy|last=Barmeier|first=Julia|date=March 3, 2003|work=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=August 18, 2009}}{{Dead link |date=January 2012}} and later transferred to Stanford University, where he majored in political science and received his Bachelor of Arts in 1971. He received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1974,{{Cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/27036/ron-wyden|title=Ron Wyden's Biography|website=Vote Smart|access-date=September 26, 2022|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926154623/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/27036/ron-wyden|url-status=live}} but has never been a member of the Oregon State Bar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.osbar.org/members/membersearch_start.asp|title=Welcome to the Oregon State Bar Online|website=www.osbar.org|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-date=May 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521033907/http://www.osbar.org/members/membersearch_start.asp|url-status=live}}

While teaching gerontology at several Oregon universities, Wyden founded the Oregon chapter of the Gray Panthers, which he led from 1974 to 1980. He was also the director of the Oregon Legal Services Center for Elderly, a nonprofit law service. From 1977 to 1979 he served on the Oregon State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators.{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=w000779|title=WYDEN, Ronald Lee (1949-)|work=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026040543/https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=W000779|url-status=live}}

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Wyden ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1980. In the Democratic primary, Wyden, who was just 31 at the time, upset incumbent Representative Bob Duncan in {{ushr|Oregon|3}}, which includes most of Portland.{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F0091FF6385C12728DDDAB0A94DD405B8084F1D3|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104121347/http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F0091FF6385C12728DDDAB0A94DD405B8084F1D3|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2013|work=New York Times|access-date=December 21, 2007|title=Five-Term Congressman is Defeated in Oregon|date=May 21, 1980}} Later that fall, Wyden defeated his Republican opponent, Darrell Conger, with 71% of the vote. The 3rd has long been the most Democratic district in Oregon, and Wyden was reelected seven times, never with less than 70% of the vote.

In the House, Wyden played an influential role in the passage of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.{{Cite web|last=Stewart|first=Emily|date=2019-05-16|title=Ron Wyden wrote the law that built the internet. He still stands by it — and everything it's brought with it.|url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/16/18626779/ron-wyden-section-230-facebook-regulations-neutrality|access-date=2020-12-01|website=Vox|language=en|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209065913/https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/16/18626779/ron-wyden-section-230-facebook-regulations-neutrality|url-status=live}}

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In January 1996, in a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Bob Packwood, Wyden defeated Oregon State Senate President Gordon Smith by just over 18,000 votes, mainly due to swamping Smith by over 89,000 votes in Multnomah County. Smith won the November 1996 Senate election to succeed the retiring Mark Hatfield, and Smith and Wyden served together until Smith's defeat in 2008 by Democrat Jeff Merkley.

Wyden holds the Senate seat that was once held by Wayne Morse, a man whom Wyden worked for in the summer of 1968 as Morse's driver,{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9499176|title=One Senator's Solution for Health Care Expansion|work=NPR|first=Julie|last=Rovner|date=April 16, 2007|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=April 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425001724/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9499176|url-status=dead}} and whom Wyden calls his mentor.[https://wyden.senate.gov/ron/ Meet Ron Wyden] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412040621/http://wyden.senate.gov/ron/ |date=April 12, 2012 }} from his official U.S. Senate website.

{{Main|1998 United States Senate election in Oregon}}

Wyden was elected to a full term in 1998 with 61% of the vote.

{{Main|2004 United States Senate election in Oregon}}

Wyden was reelected in 2004 with 64% of the vote to Republican nominee Al King's 31%.

{{Main|2010 United States Senate election in Oregon}}

In 2010, Wyden was reelected with 57% of the vote to Jim Huffman's 39%.{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/or/oregon_senate_huffman_vs_wyden-1207.html|title=Oregon Senate – Huffman vs. Wyden|work=RealClearPolitics|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030230502/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/or/oregon_senate_huffman_vs_wyden-1207.html|url-status=live}}

{{Main|2016 United States Senate election in Oregon}}

In 2016, Wyden was reelected with 57% of the vote to Republican nominee Mark Callahan's 33%.

{{Main|2022 United States Senate election in Oregon}}

In 2022, Wyden was reelected with 56% of the vote to Republican nominee Jo Rae Perkins's 41%.

In June 1996, Wyden offered an amendment to the mission of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that was endorsed by Transportation Secretary Federico F. Peña.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/24/us/pushing-for-a-new-faa-focus.html|title=Pushing for a New F.A.A. Focus|first=Matthew L.|last=Wald|date=June 24, 1996|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907043911/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/24/us/pushing-for-a-new-faa-focus.html|url-status=live}} In September, Wyden joined Wendell H. Ford in requesting that the FAA publicize information on the federal government's reason for not making safety data on the airlines more readily available to travelers.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/01/travel/airline-safety-data-how-useful-are-they.html|title=Airline Safety Data: How Useful Are They?|first=Adam|last=Bryant|date=September 1, 1996|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907054547/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/01/travel/airline-safety-data-how-useful-are-they.html|url-status=live}}

In late 1999, Wyden threatened a filibuster amid Senate debate over banning physician-assisted suicide.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/oct99/house28.htm|title=House Votes to Ban Doctor-Aided Suicide|date=October 28, 1999|first=Michael|last=Grunwald|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306131207/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/oct99/house28.htm|url-status=live}}

In May 2000, Wyden and Republican Representative Bill Thomas announced they would collaborate on an attempt to add prescription drug benefits to Medicare that year.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/27/us/compromise-sought-on-drug-coverage.html|title=Compromise Sought On Drug Coverage|date=May 27, 2000|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912191900/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/27/us/compromise-sought-on-drug-coverage.html|url-status=live}}

In January 2001, Wyden and Chuck Schumer were the only two senators on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to vote against the confirmation of Gale Norton as United States Secretary of the Interior. Wyden admitted reluctance in his opposition and said he hoped that Norton would change his view of her.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/24/politics/bush-nominees-for-health-and-transportation-are-confirmed.html|title=Bush Nominees for Health and Transportation Are Confirmed|agency=The Associated Press|date=January 24, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913030305/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/24/politics/bush-nominees-for-health-and-transportation-are-confirmed.html|url-status=live}}

In February 2001, after the U.S. Department of Transportation's Inspector General's Office released a report on airlines providing "untimely, incomplete, or unreliable reports" on flight delays and cancellations, Wyden said the matter amounted to a "failure to communicate honestly about delays and cancellations" as well as the bumping of passengers from flights and that Congress was capable of taking action to give passengers "timely, accurate information and reasonable service."{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/02/12/airline.service/|title=Report faults airlines for communication gap|date=February 12, 2001|website=CNN|first=Mike|last=Ahlers|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807034424/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/02/12/airline.service/|url-status=live}} In March, Wyden stated his support for ending a federal rule requiring commercial pilots to cease flying after age 60.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/03/13/pilots.age.02/index.html|title=Senators question rule grounding older pilots|date=March 13, 2001|website=CNN|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915005250/http://www.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/03/13/pilots.age.02/index.html|url-status=live}}

In April 2001, Wyden joined Gordon H. Smith in introducing a proposal for a change in a budget resolution, saying Congress not responding at a time of layoffs was "nothing short of government malpractice." The change was adopted without dissent.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/us/senate-takes-small-step-toward-health-coverage-for-uninsured.html|title=Senate Takes Small Step Toward Health Coverage for Uninsured|first=Adam|last=Clymer|date=April 8, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913040632/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/us/senate-takes-small-step-toward-health-coverage-for-uninsured.html|url-status=live}}

In May 2001, Wyden released a letter by Inspector General Kenneth M. Mead in which he stated that airlines had admitted to him that they deliberately delayed some evening flights to accommodate late-arriving passengers who would otherwise have had to wait until the next morning without notifying passengers of the change in schedule. During an address to the International Aviation Club days later, Wyden warned that airlines that persisted in fighting modest steps like informing the public of perpetually late flights would encounter more burdensome requirements later.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/17/us/transporttation-official-wants-required-airline-on-time-reports.html|title=Transportation Official Wants Required Airline On-Time Reports|first=Matthew L.|last=Wald|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 2001|access-date=September 26, 2020}}

In January 2002, Wyden charged Enron with resorting "to a variety of legal, regulatory and accounting contortions to keep investors and the public in the dark" and called for Congress to begin an investigation into the matter.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/congress.enron/index.html?related|title=Senator says Enron not cooperating with Congress|first=Kate|last=Snow|publisher=CNN|date=January 31, 2002|access-date=August 4, 2018|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804110511/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/congress.enron/index.html?related|url-status=live}} In February, he said that thousands of Oregonians had been harmed by Enron's collapse and advocated that the Senate Commerce Committee continue inquiring about Enron until they had all the facts.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/02/05/enron/index.html|title=Senate panel votes to issue subpoena for Lay|date=February 5, 2002|publisher=CNN|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612124906/https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/02/05/enron/index.html|url-status=live}}

In March 2002, amid the Senate's inability to reach an agreement on legislation intended to overhaul American election procedures, Wyden said the bill was "not a corpse" and must not disrupt Oregon's and Washington's vote-by-mail systems.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/us/senate-sets-aside-its-work-on-overhauling-elections.html|title=Senate Sets Aside Its Work On Overhauling Elections|first=Robert|last=Pear|author-link=Robert Pear|date=March 5, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915212348/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/us/senate-sets-aside-its-work-on-overhauling-elections.html|url-status=live}}

In November 2003, Wyden announced his support for the Bush administration-backed Medicare bill, touted as "the biggest expansion of Medicare since its creation in 1965."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/us/medicare-debate-turns-to-pricing-of-drug-benefits.html|title=MEDICARE DEBATE TURNS TO PRICING OF DRUG BENEFITS|first=Robert|last=Pear|work=The New York Times|date=November 24, 2003|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118075731/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/us/medicare-debate-turns-to-pricing-of-drug-benefits.html|url-status=live}}

In April 2004, Wyden was among a group of senators who took to the Senate floor to endorse a permanent ban on taxes on Internet access. Wyden said the subject was "about as interesting as prolonged root-canal work" but that it was "fair to say that the decisions the Senate makes with respect to this subject will say a whole lot about the future of the Internet."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/27/us/senate-votes-to-consider-ban-on-taxes-on-net-access.html|title=Senate Votes To Consider Ban on Taxes On Net Access|first=Carl|last=Hulse|author-link=Carl Hulse|date=April 27, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118155619/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/27/us/senate-votes-to-consider-ban-on-taxes-on-net-access.html|url-status=live}}

In August 2004, amid Democratic opposition to the nomination of Porter Goss for Director of Central Intelligence, Wyden said that Democrats were aware "of what happened in the last election cycle on homeland security" and that he hoped "that Democrats aren't accused by anybody of being obstructionist just by asking tough questions."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/us/threats-responses-nominee-democrats-don-t-plan-block-confirmation-cia-nominee.html|title=THREATS AND RESPONSES: THE NOMINEE; Democrats Don't Plan to Block Confirmation of C.I.A. Nominee|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye|work=The New York Times|date=August 12, 2004|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118205054/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/us/threats-responses-nominee-democrats-don-t-plan-block-confirmation-cia-nominee.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2004, Wyden was one of four Democratic senators to refuse to sign "conference sheets" used by the House-Senate conference committee that was working on the 2005 intelligence authorization bill, the four objecting to a classified item in the bill that they believed the funding of which "should be expended on other intelligence programs that will make a surer and greater contribution to national security."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56171-2004Dec10.html|title=New Spy Satellite Debated On Hill|first=Dana|last=Priest|author-link=Dana Priest|date=December 11, 2004|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224215119/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56171-2004Dec10.html|url-status=live}}

On March 2, 2006, Wyden unveiled the Internet Nondiscrimination Act of 2006, legislation intended to prohibit network operators from charging companies "for faster delivery of their content to consumers over the internet or favoring certain content over others." He said a two-tier system "could have a chilling effect on small mom and pop businesses that can't afford the priority lane, leaving these smaller businesses no hope of competing against the Wal-Marts of the world" and that neutrality in technology allowed "small businesses to thrive on the Internet".{{cite news|url=https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-moves-to-ensure-fairness-of-internet-usage-with-new-net-neutrality-bill|title=Wyden Moves to Ensure Fairness of Internet Usage with New Net Neutrality Bill|date=March 2, 2006|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929001205/https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-moves-to-ensure-fairness-of-internet-usage-with-new-net-neutrality-bill|url-status=live}}

In July 2009, President Barack Obama praised Wyden as a "real thought leader" and an ally on health care reform, but announced he would not support Wyden's health care plan because parts of it were too radical for the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/obama_calls_wyden_health_plan.html|title=Obama calls Wyden health plan radical|first=Dee|last=Lane|work=The Oregonian|date=July 2, 2009|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194812/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/obama_calls_wyden_health_plan.html|url-status=live}}

Wyden characterizes himself as an "independent voice for Oregonians and the nation" and emphasizes his positions on health care reform, national security, consumer protection, and government transparency. On the Issues characterizes him as a "Hard-Core Liberal."{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Ron_Wyden.htm|title=Oregon Senator Ron Wyden|work=On the Issues|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905103530/http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Ron_Wyden.htm|url-status=dead}}

On March 6, 2013, Wyden crossed party lines to join Republican Senator Rand Paul, who was engaged in a talking filibuster to block voting on the nomination of John O. Brennan as the Director of the CIA. Wyden questioned the use of drones, saying, "what it comes down to is every American has the right to know when their government believes that it is allowed to kill them."{{cite web|last=Friedersdorf|first=Conor|author-link=Conor Friedersdorf|date=March 7, 2013|title=A Devastating 26-Word Challenge to President Obama's Leadership|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/a-devastating-26-word-challenge-to-president-obamas-leadership/273789/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822184625/http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/a-devastating-26-word-challenge-to-president-obamas-leadership/273789/|archive-date=August 22, 2016|access-date=September 26, 2020|work=The Atlantic}}{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/mar/7/rand-pauls-filibuster-little-help-his-friends/|title=Rand Paul's filibuster — with a little help from his friends|first=Stephen|last=Dinan|work=The Washington Times|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=January 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104194301/http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/mar/7/rand-pauls-filibuster-little-help-his-friends/|url-status=dead}}

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Politico reported that Wyden's ascent to chair of the Senate Finance Committee would vault him into the ranks of the chamber's most influential.{{cite news|last1=Faler|first1=Brian|title=The rise of Ron Wyden|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/ron-wyden-finance-chairman-103352.html#ixzz2xVPATICF|access-date=August 14, 2014|work=Politico|date=February 11, 2014|archive-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306130311/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/ron-wyden-finance-chairman-103352.html#ixzz2xVPATICF|url-status=live}} He has been praised for his ability to defuse partisan tensions and encourage bipartisan cooperation.{{cite news|last1=Drucker|first1=David|title=Even Republicans praise incoming Democratic Finance Chairman Ron Wyden|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/even-republicans-praise-incoming-democratic-finance-chairman-ron-wyden/article/2541010|access-date=October 30, 2014|work=Washington Examiner|date=December 19, 2013|archive-date=October 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030171840/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/even-republicans-praise-incoming-democratic-finance-chairman-ron-wyden/article/2541010|url-status=live}}

In August 2016, in response to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's refusal to disclose his tax returns,{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-calls-decision-by-trump-not-to-release-tax-returns-disqualifying|title=Romney calls decision by Trump not to release tax returns 'disqualifying'|date=May 11, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2016|website=Fox News|archive-date=June 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619110559/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/11/romney-calls-decision-by-trump-not-to-release-tax-returns-disqualifying.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last = Cillizza|first = Chris|author-link = Chris Cillizza|url = https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/17/politics/tax-day-trump-returns/index.html|title = Happy Tax Day! Donald Trump still has never released his tax returns!|work = CNN|date = April 17, 2018|access-date = September 26, 2020|archive-date = November 6, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201106171639/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/17/politics/tax-day-trump-returns/index.html|url-status = live}} Wyden and Chris Murphy announced that they would press for consideration of Wyden's bill that if enacted would require major-party presidential nominees to disclose at least three years of tax returns and thereby authorize the Treasury Department to release Trump's returns over Trump's objections. Wyden asserted that Americans expect candidates to release their tax returns and Trump's break from tradition was "an exceptional moment where a long-standing precedent has been broken, and it presents enormous peril to the public to have this information as private."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/08/18/democrats-want-senate-vote-on-forcing-disclosure-of-trumps-taxes/|first=Mike|last=DeBonis|title=Democrats want Senate vote on forcing disclosure of Trump's taxes|date=August 18, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003001644/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/08/18/democrats-want-senate-vote-on-forcing-disclosure-of-trumps-taxes/|url-status=live}}

In May 2017, after Trump announced the firing of FBI Director James Comey,{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-director-james-comey-fired/story?id=47309009|title=FBI Director Comey fired amid Russia probe|first1=Jonathan|last1=Karl|first2=Meghan|last2=Keneally|first3=Justin|last3=Fishel|work=ABC News|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226160422/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-director-james-comey-fired/story?id=47309009|url-status=live}} Wyden restated his past criticisms and said the decision to fire him amid investigation of Trump and his associate into possible Russian ties was "outrageous". Wyden advocated that Comey be called to testify in an open hearing about the investigation of Russia and Trump associates at the time his tenure was terminated.{{cite news|url=https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-statement-on-firing-of-fbi-director-james-comey|title=Wyden Statement on Firing of FBI Director James Comey|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008065342/https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-statement-on-firing-of-fbi-director-james-comey|url-status=live}}

In August 2017, Wyden was one of four senators to unveil the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017, legislation intended to establish "thorough, yet flexible, guidelines for Federal Government procurements of connected devices."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/344786-bipartisan-sens-propose/|title=Senators offer bill to boost security of internet-connected devices|date=August 1, 2017|work=The Hill|first=Joe|last=Uchill|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422142746/https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/344786-bipartisan-sens-propose|url-status=live}}

In December 2017, Wyden called for Trump to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct and said Congress should investigate the matter in the event Trump decided to remain in office.{{cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/12/ron_wyden_joins_calls_for_dona.html|title=Ron Wyden joins calls for Donald Trump to resign over alleged sex misconduct|date=December 11, 2017|first=Gordon R.|last=Friedman|work=The Oregonian|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807113706/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/12/ron_wyden_joins_calls_for_dona.html|url-status=live}}

In May 2018, Wyden was one of six Democratic senators to sign a letter asking that all members of Senate be authorized to read a report from the Department of Justice underpinning the decision to not seek charges in the CIA's destruction of videotapes.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/09/haspel-cia-nominee-confirmation-576208|title=Haspel spars with Dems over CIA's harsh past|first=Elana|last=Schor|work=Politico|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807040655/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/09/haspel-cia-nominee-confirmation-576208|url-status=live}}

In July 2018, after Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court,{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court.html |title=Brett Kavanaugh Is Trump's Pick for Supreme Court |last1=Landler |first1=Mark |date=July 9, 2018 |work=The New York Times |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |author-link1=Mark Landler |author-link2=Maggie Haberman |access-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180710011707/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court.html |url-status=live }} Wyden said Trump had begun "a forced march back to the days when women's health care choices were made by government" and "a direct attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade."{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-merkley-blast-trump-s-pick-of-kavanaugh/765696726|title=Wyden, Merkley blast Trump's pick of Kavanaugh|date=July 9, 2018|work=KTVZ|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802201852/https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-merkley-blast-trump-s-pick-of-kavanaugh/765696726|url-status=dead}}

On August 1, 2018, Wyden announced his intent to put a formal hold on Treasury deputy secretary nominee Justin Muzinich after his confirmation by the Senate Finance Committee. He also confirmed his support for IRS general counsel nominee Michael Desmond and criticized Treasury consideration of indexing capital gains taxes to inflation as contributing extra tax savings to the wealthy along with possibly being illegal.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/ron-wyden-block-justin-muzinich-756750|title=Wyden vows to block Treasury nominee but support IRS pick|date=August 1, 2018|first=Aaron|last=Lorenzo|work=Politico|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812163952/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/ron-wyden-block-justin-muzinich-756750|url-status=live}}

In August 2018, after the White House barred CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from covering an open press event after she repeatedly asked Trump about his relationship with his former attorney Michael Cohen,{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/media/398889-white-house-bans-cnn-reporter-from-rose-garden-event/|title=White House bans CNN reporter from Rose Garden event|first=Emily|last=Birnbaum|work=The Hill|date=August 1, 2018|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107004337/https://thehill.com/media/398889-white-house-bans-cnn-reporter-from-rose-garden-event|url-status=live}} Wyden cosponsored a resolution urging Trump to respect the press.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/399946-dem-senators-introduce-resolution-calling-on-trump-to-stop-attacking-the/|title=Dem senators introduce resolution calling on Trump to stop attacking the press|first=Brett|last=Samuels|date=August 1, 2018|work=The Hill|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109001906/http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/399946-dem-senators-introduce-resolution-calling-on-trump-to-stop-attacking-the|url-status=live}}

On July 9, 2024, it was reported that Wyden and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse sent an official letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland the previous week requesting that he appoint a special counsel to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for tax and ethics violations. The letter says, "The breadth of the omissions uncovered to date, and the serious possibility of additional tax fraud and false statement violations by Justice Thomas and his associates, warrant the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate this misconduct."{{cite news|last=Sforza|first=Lauren |date=July 9, 2024|title=Dem senators ask DOJ to investigate Clarence Thomas for possible tax law violations |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4761924-democratic-senators-request-special-counsel-thomas/|work=The Hill|access-date=July 10, 2024}}

Wyden's committee assignments for the 118th Congress are as follows:{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm|title=Committee Assignments of the 118th Congress|access-date=2023-03-17|website=United States Senate|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216012333/https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm|url-status=live}}

• Committee on the Budget
• Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• Subcommittee on Energy
• Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining
• Subcommittee on Water and Power (Chair)
• Committee on Finance (Chair)
• As Chair, Wyden is an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
• Select Committee on Intelligence
• Joint Committee On Taxation (Vice Chair)

• Congressional Coalition on Adoption{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional Internet Caucus
• International Conservation Caucus
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• Senate Diabetes Caucus
• Senate Economic Mobility Caucus
• Senate Oceans Caucus
• Senate Taiwan Caucus{{cite web|title=Senate Taiwan Caucus 118th Congress (2023-2024)|author=|url=https://fapa.org/senate-taiwan-caucus/|format=|publisher=Formosan Association for Public Affairs|date=|accessdate=25 March 2025}}

File:Senator Ron Wyden Town Hall - Multnomah County (33115710686).jpg

Wyden supports legal abortion. Almost every year, he has maintained a 100% rating or close to it with pro-choice groups: NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, and National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, and a 0% rating or close to it from the National Right to Life Committee.{{cite web |url=http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/27036/ron-wyden |title=Ron Wyden's Ratings and Endorsements |work=Vote Smart |access-date=August 27, 2014 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016235057/http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/27036/ron-wyden |url-status=live }}

Wyden personally opposes assisted suicide and said he voted against the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, first enacted in Oregon in 1997, each time it appeared on the ballot by voter referendum. Nevertheless, he successfully blocked congressional attempts to pass federal legislation to override Oregon's law.{{cite news|first=Dee|last=Lane|title=Wyden defends assisted suicide law|date=May 25, 2006|newspaper=The Oregonian}} In 2000, Wyden blocked attempts in Congress to overturn the Oregon assisted-suicide law by threatening a filibuster.{{cite web|url=http://aclu-or.org/content/state-oregon-v-gonzales|title=State of Oregon v. Gonzales|website=aclu-or.org|publisher=ACLU Oregon|date=March 2006|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527215852/http://aclu-or.org/content/state-oregon-v-gonzales|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/assisted-suicide-debate-not-over/|title=Assisted suicide debate not over?|agency=Associated Press|work=CBS News|date=February 11, 2009|access-date=March 8, 2006|archive-date=May 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518030205/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/18/politics/main1217013.shtml|url-status=live}} In 2001, he wrote to President George W. Bush urging him to not alter the law through federal executive action.{{cite news|first=Katherine|last=Pfleger|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20011031/suicidelaw31m/threat-to-ore-assisted-suicide-law|title=Threat to Ore. assisted-suicide law?|work=The Seattle Times|agency=Associated Press|date=October 31, 2001|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223319/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20011031&slug=suicidelaw31m|url-status=live}} In 2005, he and four other Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case of Gonzales v. Oregon in support of the State of Oregon, and praised the eventual decision to uphold the law.{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=3e77c0cd-2cfe-47fe-b66c-30b24bd12f7f|title=Wyden Praises Supreme Court Decision Upholding Oregon's Physician Aid in Dying Law|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|date=January 17, 2006|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507134740/http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=3e77c0cd-2cfe-47fe-b66c-30b24bd12f7f|url-status=dead}} In 2006, Wyden informed Senate leadership that he would block legislation overturning the Death with Dignity Act.{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=aae34243-5df4-4f33-9500-489255d3a8b6|title=Wyden Informs Senate Leadership He Will Block Legislation Overturning 'Death with Dignity'|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|date=January 18, 2006|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507134733/http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=aae34243-5df4-4f33-9500-489255d3a8b6|url-status=dead}} In 2009 he said that he would continue to "fight tooth and nail" to block new federal attempts to block the law.

Wyden has been an advocate of gun control. He voted against limiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers and in favor of increasing background checks. Wyden also voted to renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.{{cite web |title=Durbin, Duckworth join colleagues in introducing Assault Weapons ban |date=January 14, 2019 |url=https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-duckworth-join-colleagues-in-introducing-assault-weapons-ban-33106.cfm |access-date=14 January 2019 |ref=34 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326093305/https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-duckworth-join-colleagues-in-introducing-assault-weapons-ban-33106.cfm |url-status=live }}

In October 2015, Wyden was one of the Senate Democrats to unveil a new gun control campaign in the aftermath of the Umpqua Community College shooting. Wyden said the three areas the senators were focusing on, that of increasing background check requirements, closing "loopholes" on background checks when guns are purchased at gun shows or online, and closing the "pipeline of illegal guns" by rendering gun trafficking as a federal crime, were "common sense" and should have bipartisan support.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/256362-senate-dems-unveil-new-gun-control-push/|title=Senate Dems unveil new gun control push|date=October 8, 2015|work=The Hill|first=Jordain|last=Carney|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108094946/http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/256362-senate-dems-unveil-new-gun-control-push|url-status=live}}

In January 2016, Wyden was one of 18 senators to call on the appropriations committee leadership to hold a hearing on funding for gun violence research at the CDC and spoke with other Democratic senators and researchers supporting federal funding for investigation into gun violence prevention.{{cite news|url=http://www.klcc.org/post/oregon-sen-wyden-joins-researchers-calling-restore-federal-funding-study-gun-violence|title=Oregon Sen. Wyden Joins Researchers in Calling to Restore Federal Funding to Study Gun Violence|first=Angela|last=Keller|date=January 21, 2016|work=KLCC|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621045837/https://www.klcc.org/post/oregon-sen-wyden-joins-researchers-calling-restore-federal-funding-study-gun-violence|url-status=live}}

At a March 2018 town hall, Wyden answered "Yes" when asked if he intended to pass bans on bump stocks and assault rifles. He expressed optimism about the chances of passing national gun legislation, noting that legislation passed in Florida in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting was strong enough to warrant lawsuit by the NRA.{{cite news|url=https://democratherald.com/news/local/wyden-on-guns-this-time-is-going-to-be-different/article_fa7d8520-ac8c-54ea-8f1b-2f9f450147e1.html|title=Wyden on guns: This time is going to be different|first=Anthony|last=Rimel|date=March 17, 2018|work=Corvallis Gazette-Times|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193507/https://democratherald.com/news/local/wyden-on-guns-this-time-is-going-to-be-different/article_fa7d8520-ac8c-54ea-8f1b-2f9f450147e1.html|url-status=live}} In July, Wyden confirmed he had joined other senators in introducing legislation intended to ensure gun dealers were not engaging in illegal sales and bestowing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives with clear enforcement mechanisms. He said gun violence "demands real action by Congress" and the legislation "takes a long-overdue critical step in the right direction, holding gun dealers accountable for illegal sales, reducing the number of guns that fall into the wrong hands."{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-bill-holds-gun-dealers-accountable-for-illegal-sales/769523484|title=Wyden bill holds gun dealers accountable for illegal sales|date=July 17, 2018|work=KTVZ|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007153721/https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-bill-holds-gun-dealers-accountable-for-illegal-sales/769523484|archive-date=October 7, 2018|url-status=dead}}

In February 2019, Wyden was one of 38 senators to sign a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham calling on him to "hold a hearing" on universal background checks and noting Graham's statement that he "intended to have the Committee work on ‘red flag’ legislation and potentially also background checks, both actions" the senators supported.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/432899-senate-dems-call-for-hearing-on-universal-background-checks-bill/|title=Senate Dems call for hearing on universal background checks bill|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|date=March 6, 2019|work=The Hill|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923075638/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/432899-senate-dems-call-for-hearing-on-universal-background-checks-bill|url-status=live}}

In late 1995, Wyden became the first U.S. Senate candidate (and then senator) to publicly support same-sex marriage.{{cite web |url=http://www.blueoregon.com/2013/03/how-ron-wyden-became-first-us-senator-ever-endorse-marriage-equality/ |title=How Ron Wyden became the first U.S. Senator ever to endorse marriage equality |work=BlueOregon |first=Kari |last=Chisholm |date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418044905/http://www.blueoregon.com/2013/03/how-ron-wyden-became-first-us-senator-ever-endorse-marriage-equality/ |url-status=live }} He was one of just 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.{{cite web|url= https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=2&vote=00280|title= U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 104th Congress – 2nd Session on Passage of the Bill (h.r.3396 )|publisher= United States Senate|access-date= April 7, 2008|archive-date= April 11, 2004|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040411185742/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=2&vote=00280|url-status= live}} He has voted against the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, which would have proposed an amendment to the Constitution to bar recognition of same-sex marriages. Despite undergoing tests in advance of prostate surgery scheduled two days later, Wyden appeared in the Senate chamber in December 2010 to vote for the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

In May 2017, Wyden was one of 46 senators to introduce the Equality Act of 2017, described by Representative David Cicilline as ensuring "that every LGBT person can live their lives free from the fear of discrimination. Above all, it’s about honoring the values that have guided our nation since its founding. It’s critical that Congress pass the Equality Act into law."{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/historic-comprehensive-lgbt-non-discrimination-legislation-re-introduced-in-congress/|title=Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation Re-Introduced in Congress|date=May 2, 2017|work=Urban Milwaukee|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=August 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831220845/https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/historic-comprehensive-lgbt-non-discrimination-legislation-re-introduced-in-congress/|url-status=live}}

In October 2018, Wyden was one of 20 senators to sign a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to reverse the rollback of a policy that granted visas to same-sex partners of LGBTQIA+ diplomats who had unions not recognized by their home countries, writing that too many places around the world have seen LGBTQIA+ individuals "subjected to discrimination and unspeakable violence, and receive little or no protection from the law or local authorities" and that the US refusing to let LGBTQIA+ diplomats bring their partners to the US would be equivalent of America upholding "the discriminatory policies of many countries around the world."{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/11/democratic-senators-lgbt-diplomats-894174|title=Democratic senators demand Pompeo reverse visa denials for LGBTQ diplomats' partners|first=Jesus|last=Rodriguez|date=October 11, 2018|work=Politico|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=February 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125652/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/11/democratic-senators-lgbt-diplomats-894174|url-status=live}}

In June 2007, Wyden was among the minority of Democrats to vote in favor of declaring English the official language of the United States.{{Cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/votes/13429 |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Vote Smart |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213162647/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/votes/13429 |url-status=live }}

In September 2017, Wyden was one of nine senators to sign a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai that charged the FCC with failing "to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on the tens of thousands of filed complaints that directly shed light on proposed changes to existing net neutrality protections."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/351785-senate-dems-ask-fcc-to-delay-net-neutrality-repeal/|title=Senate Dems ask FCC to delay net neutrality repeal|first=Harper|last=Neidig|work=The Hill|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022943/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/351785-senate-dems-ask-fcc-to-delay-net-neutrality-repeal|url-status=live}}

In March 2018, Wyden was one of 10 senators to sign a letter spearheaded by Jeff Merkley lambasting a proposal by Pai that would curb the scope of benefits from the Lifeline program during a period where roughly 6.5 million people in poor communities relied on Lifeline to receive access to high-speed Internet, writing that it was Pai's "obligation to the American public, as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to improve the Lifeline program and ensure that more Americans can afford access, and have means of access, to broadband and phone service." The senators also advocated for insuring "Lifeline reaches more Americans in need of access to communication services."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/380870-democrats-slam-fcc-head-over-plan-to-limit-internet-access-funding-for-low/|title=Dems slam FCC head for proposed limits to low-income internet program|date=March 29, 2018|first=Ali|last=Breland|work=The Hill|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215075159/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/380870-democrats-slam-fcc-head-over-plan-to-limit-internet-access-funding-for-low|url-status=live}}

Wyden joined the Senate Intelligence Committee in January 2001, and voted for the Patriot Act following 9/11.{{Citation |title=U.S. Senate : CSPAN2 : July 23, 2013 5:00pm-8:01pm EDT |date=2013-07-23 |url=http://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20130723_210000_U.S._Senate |others=CSPAN2 |access-date=2022-11-05}} In 2006, he was one of 10 senators to vote against reauthorizing the Patriot Act.{{cite web|first=David|last=Stout|author-link=David Stout|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/politics/02cnd-patriot.html|title=Senate Approves Renewal of Antiterrorism Bill|work=The New York Times|date=March 2, 2006|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016235057/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/politics/02cnd-patriot.html|url-status=dead}}

In 2011, with the expiration of the Patriot Act approaching and efforts to reauthorize it intensifying, Wyden and Merkley sharply criticized the rush to pass the bill. Wyden said on the Senate floor, "The Patriot Act was passed a decade ago during a period of understandable fear. Now is the time to revisit this, revisit it and ensure that a better job is done of striking that balance between fighting terror and protecting individual liberty." Wyden and Merkley expressed particular concern about a provision of current law allowing law enforcement authorities to collect "a vast array of business records, emails, phone numbers, [and] even DNA from anyone deemed 'relevant' to an investigation."{{cite web|first=Charles|last=Pope|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/post_30.html|title=Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Jeff Merkley raise concerns about fast U.S. Senate passage of Patriot Act|work=The Oregonian|date=May 24, 2011|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919054133/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/post_30.html|url-status=dead}} Wyden offered an amendment to reform the "business-records provision" of the Patriot Act, which he views as being used in an abusive and secret way.{{cite magazine|first=Spencer|last=Ackerman|author-link=Spencer Ackerman|url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/secret-patriot-act/|title=There's a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says|date=May 25, 2011|magazine=Wired|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320073945/http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/secret-patriot-act/|url-status=dead}}

In a Senate speech two days later, Wyden sharply criticized the use of Patriot Act, saying: "The fact is that anyone can read the plain text of the Patriot Act, and yet many members of Congress have no idea how the law is being secretly interpreted by the executive branch, because that interpretation is classified. It's almost as if there were two Patriot Acts, and many members of Congress have not read the one that matters. Our constituents, of course, are totally in the dark. Members of the public have no access to the secret legal interpretations, so they have no idea what their government believes the law actually means.{{cite web | url = http://community.statesmanjournal.com/blogs/editorialblog/2011/05/27/sunday-editorial-oregon-sen-ron-wyden-vs-usa-patriot-act/ | title = Sunday Editorial: (draft) Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden vs. USA Patriot Act | date = May 27, 2011 | work= Statesman Journal | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120707200808/http://community.statesmanjournal.com/blogs/editorialblog/2011/05/27/sunday-editorial-oregon-sen-ron-wyden-vs-usa-patriot-act/ | archive-date = July 7, 2012 | access-date = April 1, 2018}}

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In an interview for the January 2013 documentary Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield, Wyden was asked about legal reviews and the scope of potential assassinations (or "targeted killings") of American citizens by their government, and responded, "the American people would be extraordinarily surprised if they could see the difference between what they believe a law says and how it has actually been interpreted in secret", but that he "is not permitted" to disclose the difference publicly.{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/7/inside_the_us_dirty_war_in|title=Inside the U.S. Dirty War in Yemen with Jeremy Scahill, Nasser al-Awlaki, Sheikh Fareed|work=Democracy Now|date=June 7, 2013|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104061616/http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/7/inside_the_us_dirty_war_in|url-status=dead}}

Per a 2013 Washington Post article, Wyden's concerns "stemmed from top-secret information he had learned as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee", a position he'd held for a dozen years by 2013, but he was "bound by secrecy rules."{{Cite news |last=Fahrenthold |first=David A. |date=2013-07-28 |title=With NSA revelations, Sen. Ron Wyden's vague privacy warnings finally become clear |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-years-of-obscure-warnings-wyden-gets-sought-after-privacy-debate-in-wake-of-nsa-revelations/2013/07/28/267efd1a-f573-11e2-861b-70461cc1cd24_story.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729185243/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-years-of-obscure-warnings-wyden-gets-sought-after-privacy-debate-in-wake-of-nsa-revelations/2013/07/28/267efd1a-f573-11e2-861b-70461cc1cd24_story.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Did Intel Dir. James Clapper Lie to Congress? It's Complicated |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intel-dir-james-clapper-lie-congress-complicated/story?id=19390786 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=November 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105024058/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intel-dir-james-clapper-lie-congress-complicated/story?id=19390786 |url-status=live }}

On March 12, 2013, during a United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing, Wyden quoted NSA director Keith B. Alexander's keynote speech at the 2012 DEF CON. Alexander had said that "Our job is foreign intelligence" and that "those who would want to weave the story that we have millions or hundreds of millions of dossiers on people, is absolutely false.... From my perspective, this is absolute nonsense." Wyden then asked James Clapper, "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?" He responded, "No, sir." Wyden asked, "It does not?" and Clapper said, "Not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, collect, but not wittingly."Greenberg, Andy. "[https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/06/watch-top-u-s-intelligence-officials-repeatedly-deny-nsa-spying-on-americans-over-the-last-year-videos/ Watch Top U.S. Intelligence Officials Repeatedly Deny NSA Spying On Americans Over The Last Year (Videos)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825195315/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/06/watch-top-u-s-intelligence-officials-repeatedly-deny-nsa-spying-on-americans-over-the-last-year-videos/ |date=August 25, 2017 }}." Forbes. June 6, 2013. Retrieved on June 11, 2013. "Eight months later, Senator Ron Wyden quoted[...]"

When Edward Snowden was asked during a 2014 television interview what the decisive moment was or what caused him to whistle-blow, he replied: "Sort of the breaking point was seeing the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, directly lie under oath to Congress. ... Seeing that really meant for me there was no going back."{{cite web |title=Snowden Interview Transcript |url=http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277_page-2.html |access-date=January 27, 2014 |publisher=NDR |archive-date=January 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128224438/http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277_page-2.html |url-status=dead }}

Following news of Snowden's leaks in early June 2013, Wyden noted on June 11 that Clapper's office had been provided with the question a day in advance of the hearing and was given the opportunity following Clapper's testimony to amend his response.{{cite news |last=Blake |first=Aaron |date=2013-06-11 |title=Sen. Wyden: Clapper didn't give 'straight answer' on NSA programs |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/06/11/sen-wyden-clapper-didnt-give-straight-answer-on-nsa-programs |access-date=2015-11-20 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701022306/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/06/11/sen-wyden-clapper-didnt-give-straight-answer-on-nsa-programs/ |url-status=live }}

On November 10, 2005, Wyden was one of five Senate Democrats who joined 44 Republicans in voting for Amendment no. 2516, brought to the floor by Republican senator Lindsey Graham, which ruled that enemy combatants did not have the right to Habeas Corpus.

In September 2018, Wyden was one of five senators to sign a letter to United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to employ more multifactor authentication measures in order to secure the State Department's information systems and seeking answers on how the department would boost its security after the Office of Management and Budget designated the department's cyber-readiness as "high risk" as well as what the department would do to address the lack of multifactor authentication required by law and for statistics detailing the department's cyber incidents over the preceding three years.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/406254-bipartisan-senators-urge-state-department-to-employ-basic-cybersecurity/|title=Bipartisan group of senators urge State to employ basic cybersecurity measures|date=September 12, 2018|work=The Hill|access-date=January 5, 2019|archive-date=January 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201139/https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/406254-bipartisan-senators-urge-state-department-to-employ-basic-cybersecurity|url-status=live}}

In December 2020, in light of the 2020 United States federal government data breach, Wyden renewed calls for the introduction of mandatory security reviews for software used by federal agencies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/politics/us-agencies-hack-solar-wind-russia/index.html|title=US officials scramble to deal with suspected Russian hack of government agencies|first1=Zachary|last1=Cohen|first2=Vivian|last2=Salama|first3=Brian|last3=Fung|website=CNN|date=December 14, 2020|access-date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216041022/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/politics/us-agencies-hack-solar-wind-russia/index.html|url-status=live}}

In 2007 Wyden and Representative Gabby Giffords sponsored the Stop Arming Iran Act, which would have barred the Defense Department from selling surplus F-14 parts and prohibited buyers who had already acquired surplus Tomcat parts from exporting them in order to prevent Iran from acquiring the parts.{{cite web|first=Sharon|last=Theimer|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-11-iran-arms_N.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205172641/http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-11-iran-arms_N.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-05|title=House OKs 'Stop Arming Iran Act'|date=June 11, 2007|agency=Associated Press|work=USA Today}}

In July 2017, Wyden voted for the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act that placed sanctions on Iran, Russia and North Korea.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00175|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress – 1st Session|website=senate.gov|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113175200/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00175|url-status=live}}

Wyden was one of 23 senators to vote against the authorization of military force in Iraq in 2002. In 2003, he voted to bar excessive overseas deployments of members of the National Guard and Reserves. In 2006, Wyden was one of 13 senators to vote to require the redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq by July 2007, and one of 39 senators to vote to call on President George W. Bush to begin withdrawing forces from Iraq and establish a timeline for withdrawal. Wyden also voted many other times for withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq, against funding for the war without binding timelines, and against the establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq. He also opposed President Barack Obama's plan for a "troop surge" in Afghanistan in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=834d8639-a109-423b-8a78-54d227288a76|title=Iraq|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312230936/http://wyden.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=834d8639-a109-423b-8a78-54d227288a76|url-status=dead}}."[https://archive.today/20120903165741/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/person/ron-wyden-or/ Sen. Ron Wyden (D)]." National Journal Almanac.

In September 2016, in advance of a UN Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Wyden signed an AIPAC-sponsored letter urging Obama to veto "one-sided" resolutions against Israel.{{cite news |title=Senate – Aipac |url=https://www.aipac.org/-/media/publications/policy-and-politics/aipac-analyses/issue-memos/2015/text-of-rounds-gillibrand-letter.pdf |date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019210759/https://www.aipac.org/-/media/publications/policy-and-politics/aipac-analyses/issue-memos/2015/text-of-rounds-gillibrand-letter.pdf|archive-date=October 19, 2016 }}

In May 2017, Wyden co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, Senate Bill 720, which made it a federal crime, punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment,{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|title=43 Senators Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Boycott Israeli Settlements|last=Levitz|first=Eric|date=July 19, 2017|website=Intelligencer|language=en|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727013113/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|url-status=live}} for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories if protesting actions by the Israeli government. The bill would make it legal for U.S. states to refuse to do business with contractors that engage in boycotts against Israel.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|title=S.720 - Israel Anti-Boycott Act|date=23 March 2017|website=congress.gov|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621142604/https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|url-status=live}}

In 2011, Wyden supported the no-fly zone and military intervention in Libya in order to protect civilians, saying, "The violence of Colonel [Muammar] Gaddafi against his own people is a humanitarian crisis. I support the international effort to protect the civilians of Libya." Wyden also stressed that his support was not unlimited and that he expected that the military action would be completed quickly.{{cite web|first=Ailen|last=Darling|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-26838-wyden_supports_obamas_efforts_in_libyas_humanitari.html|title=Wyden Supports Obama's Efforts in Libya's "Humanitarian Crisis'|date=April 1, 2011|work=Willamette Week|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224352/http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-26838-wyden_supports_obamas_efforts_in_libyas_humanitari.html|url-status=dead}} Along with Obama and Senator Merkley, Wyden agreed that U.S. forces should not be on the ground in Libya.{{cite web|first=John|last=Sowell|url=http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20110321/NEWS/110329970|title=Merkley, Wyden agree with Obama that U.S. troops should stay out of Libya|date=March 21, 2011|work=The News-Review|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=March 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327105325/http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20110321/NEWS/110329970|url-status=dead}}

Wyden condemned the genocide of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and called for a stronger response to the crisis.{{cite news |title=Sen. Todd Young urges action to end Muslim genocide in Myanmar |url=https://eu.indystar.com/story/news/2017/10/20/sen-todd-young-urges-action-end-muslim-genocide-myanmar/784590001/ |work=The Indianapolis Star |first=Fatima |last=Hussein |date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608003143/https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/10/20/sen-todd-young-urges-action-end-muslim-genocide-myanmar/784590001/ |url-status=live }}

In December 2010, Wyden voted for the ratification of New START,{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Memmott |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/22/132262684/senate-ratifies-start |title=Senate Ratifies START |work=NPR |date=22 December 2010 |access-date=22 December 2010 |archive-date=March 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331202810/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/22/132262684/senate-ratifies-start |url-status=live }} a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the U.S. and the Russian Federation obliging both countries to have no more than 1,550 strategic warheads and 700 launchers deployed during the next seven years along with providing a continuation of on-site inspections that halted when START I expired the previous year. It was the first arms treaty with Russia in eight years.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/world/europe/23treaty.html|title=Senate Passes Arms Control Treaty With Russia, 71–26|first=Peter|last=Baker|author-link=Peter Baker (journalist)|work=The New York Times|date=December 22, 2010|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=December 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223044444/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/world/europe/23treaty.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2018, after United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the Trump administration was suspending its obligations in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 60 days in the event that Russia continued to violate the treaty, Wyden was one of 26 senators to sign a letter expressing concern that the administration was "abandoning generations of bipartisan U.S. leadership around the paired goals of reducing the global role and number of nuclear weapons and ensuring strategic stability with America's nuclear-armed adversaries" and calling on Trump to continue arms negotiations.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/421307-senate-dems-urge-trump-to-continue-nuclear-arms-control-negotiations-after/|title=Senate Dems urge Trump to continue nuclear arms control negotiations after treaty suspension|date=December 13, 2018|first=Ellen|last=Mitchell|work=The Hill|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125163603/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/421307-senate-dems-urge-trump-to-continue-nuclear-arms-control-negotiations-after|url-status=live}}

In March 2018, Wyden voted against tabling a resolution spearheaded by Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy, and Mike Lee that would have required Trump to withdraw American troops either in or influencing Yemen within the next 30 days unless they were combating Al-Qaeda.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/379392-senate-sides-with-trump-on-providing-saudi-military-support/|title=Senate sides with Trump on providing Saudi military support|first=Jordain|last=Carney|date=March 20, 2018|work=The Hill|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228031125/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/379392-senate-sides-with-trump-on-providing-saudi-military-support|url-status=live}}

Wyden's office has questioned the CIA-led Timber Sycamore covert operation to train and arm Syrian rebels, releasing a statement that "the US is trying to build up the battlefield capabilities of the anti-Assad opposition, but they haven't provided the public with details about how this is being done, which US agencies are involved, or which foreign partners those agencies are working with."{{cite news|last1=Mazzetti|first1=Mark|last2=Apuzzo|first2=Matt|title=U.S. Relies Heavily on Saudi Money to Support Syrian Rebels|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/world/middleeast/us-relies-heavily-on-saudi-money-to-support-syrian-rebels.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date=January 23, 2016|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919202921/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/world/middleeast/us-relies-heavily-on-saudi-money-to-support-syrian-rebels.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}

In March 2019, Wyden was one of 11 senators to sign a letter to congressional leaders urging them to "bring legislation providing disaster supplemental appropriations to your respective floors for consideration immediately" after noting that the previous year had seen 124 federal disaster declarations approved for states, territories, and tribal nations.{{cite news|url=https://www.kitv.com/story/40066793/hirono-schatz-sign-letter-asking-senate-and-house-to-pass-disaster-supplemental-legislation|title=Hirono, Schatz sign letter asking Senate and House to pass disaster supplemental legislation|date=March 4, 2019|publisher=ktiv.com|access-date=March 12, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108012647/https://www.kitv.com/story/40066793/hirono-schatz-sign-letter-asking-senate-and-house-to-pass-disaster-supplemental-legislation|url-status=dead}}

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Wyden has supported efforts to legalize cannabis at the federal level, cosponsoring the Marijuana Justice Act in 2017 and the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act in 2019.{{cite news |last1=Angell |first1=Tom |title=Senior Senate Dem Signs Bill To Punish States With Bad Marijuana Laws |url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/senior-senate-dem-signs-bill-punish-states-bad-marijuana-laws/ |access-date=June 2, 2021 |work=Marijuana Moment |date=December 18, 2017 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602220511/https://www.marijuanamoment.net/senior-senate-dem-signs-bill-punish-states-bad-marijuana-laws/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Angell |first1=Tom |title=Top Congressional Chairman And Presidential Candidate File Marijuana Legalization Bills |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/07/23/top-congressional-chairman-and-presidential-candidate-file-marijuana-legalization-bills/ |access-date=June 2, 2021 |work=Forbes |date=July 23, 2019 |archive-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802044423/https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/07/23/top-congressional-chairman-and-presidential-candidate-file-marijuana-legalization-bills/ |url-status=live }} He also introduced Senate Bill 420 in 2019 to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and tax it similarly to alcohol.{{cite magazine |last1=Dickinson |first1=Tim |title=Law to Legalize Pot Introduced to U.S. Senate |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/legal-pot-bill-420-senate-marijuana-792093/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=February 9, 2019 |date=February 8, 2019}}

In December 2018, Wyden was one of 21 senators to sign a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stating their approval of the agency's actions to hinder youth access to e-cigarettes and urging the FDA "to take additional, stronger steps to prevent and reduce e-cigarette use among youth".{{cite news|url=https://halfwheel.com/21-senators-send-letter-urging-fda-to-ban-flavored-tobacco-menthol/286639|title=21 SENATORS SEND LETTER URGING FDA TO BAN FLAVORED TOBACCO, MENTHOL|first=Charlie|last=Minato|date=December 7, 2018|publisher=halfwheel.com|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125080119/https://halfwheel.com/21-senators-send-letter-urging-fda-to-ban-flavored-tobacco-menthol/286639/|url-status=live}}

In June 2017, Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, Mike Lee, and Tim Scott introduced legislation allowing graduate students to allocate money from stipends and fellowships into tax-deferred individual retirement accounts (IRAs).{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/338437-senators-offer-bipartisan-bill-on-retirement-savings-for-grad-students/|title=Senators offer bipartisan bill on retirement savings for grad students|date=June 19, 2017|work=The Hill|first=Naomi|last=Jagoda|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007000203/https://thehill.com/policy/finance/338437-senators-offer-bipartisan-bill-on-retirement-savings-for-grad-students|url-status=live}}

In 2009, Wyden sponsored the Healthy Americans Act, an act that would institute a national system of market-based private insurance. Union interests attacked him for advocating replacement of the employer tax exclusion with a tax deduction that would apply to all Americans.{{cite news|first=Ezra|last=Klein|authorlink=Ezra Klein|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/05/will_unions_kill_health_care_r.html|title=Will Unions Kill Health Care Reform?|newspaper=Washington Post|date=May 28, 2009|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090709110603/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/05/will_unions_kill_health_care_r.html|archive-date=July 9, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14031450|title=Soak the rich|newspaper=The Economist|date=July 16, 2009|access-date=July 18, 2009|archive-date=July 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720071717/http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14031450|url-status=dead}}

Wyden supported increasing Medicare funding, enrolling more of the uninsured in federal programs (although his Healthy Americans Act would eliminate many of these programs including Medicaid and SCHIP and replace them with private insurance), importing lower priced prescriptions from Canada, and negotiating bulk drug purchases for Medicare in order to lower costs.{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/ron_wyden.htm|title=Oregon Senator Ron Wyden|work=On the Issues|access-date=August 18, 2008|archive-date=September 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905103530/http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/ron_wyden.htm|url-status=dead}}

In 2003, Wyden joined Senators Lindsey Graham and Trent Lott to help pass the Bush administration's Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act.{{cite web | url = https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00458 | title = On the Motion (Motion To Waive CBA RE: H. R. 1 – Conference Report ) | work = United States Senate Legislation and Records | date = November 24, 2003 | access-date = September 21, 2007 | archive-date = September 25, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070925174013/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00458 | url-status = live }} The Bush administration is alleged to have forced officials to hide its true cost, which was triple its original claim.{{cite news | title = Medicare Drug Benefit May Cost $1.2 Trillion | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9328-2005Feb8.html | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = February 9, 2005 | page = A01 | first1 = Ceci | last1 = Connolly | first2 = Mike | last2 = Allen | access-date = September 22, 2007 | archive-date = September 22, 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050922101321/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9328-2005Feb8.html | url-status = live }} The bill has been criticized as favoring pharmaceutical companies, as it prohibits the federal government from negotiating prescription drug rates.{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/opinion/06krugman.html | title = A Serious Drug Problem | work = The New York Times | date = May 6, 2005 | first = Paul | last = Krugman | author-link = Paul Krugman | access-date = August 11, 2009 | archive-date = August 6, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230806095435/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/opinion/a-serious-drug-problem.html | url-status = live }}

Not long after Tom Daschle's withdrawal as Obama's nominee for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services due to a scandal over his failure to pay taxes, The Oregonian reported that Wyden was being touted by many health care experts as a likely candidate for secretary-designate.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1233811508202700.xml&coll=7|title=Wyden gains traction as possible health secretary|first=Jeff|last=Mapes|date=February 5, 2009|work=The Oregonian|access-date=February 7, 2021|archive-date=September 9, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909132906/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1233811508202700.xml&coll=7|url-status=dead}} Although Obama chose Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius instead, Wyden took advantage of the interim to reintroduce his Healthy Americans Act, with additional co-sponsorship from fellow Oregonian Democratic senator Jeff Merkley and Republican senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Bennett.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/02/wyden_with_new_allies_reintrod.html|title=Wyden, with new allies, reintroduces ambitious health care bill|first=Charles|last=Pope|date=February 6, 2009|work=The Oregonian|access-date=March 3, 2009|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224451/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/02/wyden_with_new_allies_reintrod.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/government-medicine/20090303atlantic-forum.html|title=Senators Identify Key Components of a Successful Health Care Reform Plan|first=James|last=Arvantes|work=AAFP News|date=March 3, 2009|access-date=March 3, 2009|archive-date=March 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330073648/http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/government-medicine/20090303atlantic-forum.html|url-status=dead}}

In late 2011 and early 2012, Wyden attracted attention for working with GOP House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan to develop a Medicare reform plan that would result in semi-privatization of the system, provoking a negative response from his Democratic allies, including Obama.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/100522-obama-opposes-ryan-wyden-plan/ |title=Obama opposes Ryan-Wyden plan |work=The Hill |date=December 12, 2011 |first=Sam |last=Baker |access-date=August 27, 2014 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101104406/http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medicare/199689-white-house-opposes-ryan-wyden-plan |url-status=live }} The proposal would have kept traditional Medicare as an option, but would also have introduced private health insurance companies into an exchange in which they would offer competing plans to be paid for with government vouchers.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/wonkbook-paul-ryan-and-ron-wyden-want-to-bring-obamacare-to-medicare/2011/12/15/gIQAj0CnvO_blog.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Ezra | last=Klein | author-link=Ezra Klein | title=Wonkbook: Paul Ryan and Ron Wyden want to bring Obamacare to Medicare | date=December 15, 2011 | access-date=September 27, 2020 | archive-date=September 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923112820/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/wonkbook-paul-ryan-and-ron-wyden-want-to-bring-obamacare-to-medicare/2011/12/15/gIQAj0CnvO_blog.html | url-status=live }}

In March 2018, Wyden and Representative Frank Pallone sent a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro calling for an investigation of eligibility requirements of Medicaid programs, writing, "If CMS continues to approve work requirements and other restrictions on Medicaid, the consequences could be severe for federal spending and the sustainability of the Medicaid program" and that the public "should have complete information about the consequences of proposed Section 1115 waivers to ensure limited taxpayer dollars are being used efficiently, appropriately, and towards the goal of promoting, not obstructing, access to health care."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/medicaid/380643-dems-want-gao-probe-of-new-requirements-to-get-medicaid/|title=Dems want GAO probe of new requirements to get Medicaid|date=March 28, 2018|work=The Hill|first=Nathaniel|last=Weixel|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806190828/https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/medicaid/380643-dems-want-gao-probe-of-new-requirements-to-get-medicaid|url-status=live}}

In December 2018, Wyden was one of 42 senators to sign a letter to Trump administration officials Alex Azar, Seema Verma, and Steven Mnuchin arguing that the administration was improperly using Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act to authorize states to "increase health care costs for millions of consumers while weakening protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions." The senators requested the administration withdraw the policy and "re-engage with stakeholders, states, and Congress."{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-calls-on-trump-administration-to-stop-pushing-health-insurance-plans-that-weaken-pre-existing-condition-protections/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans that Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections|date=December 20, 2018|work=Urban Milwaukee|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=January 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117122353/https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-calls-on-trump-administration-to-stop-pushing-health-insurance-plans-that-weaken-pre-existing-condition-protections/|url-status=live}}

In January 2019, during the 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown, Wyden was one of 34 senators to sign a letter to Commissioner of Food and Drugs Scott Gottlieb recognizing the FDA's efforts to address the shutdown's effect on public health and employees while remaining alarmed "that the continued shutdown will result in increasingly harmful effects on the agency’s employees and the safety and security of the nation’s food and medical products."{{cite news|url=https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/news/democratic-senators-e2809calarmede2809d-by-shutdowne28099s-potential-impact-on-food-safety/|title=Democratic Senators "Alarmed" by Shutdown's Potential Impact on Food Safety|date=January 15, 2019|work=Food Safety Magazine|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015436/https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/news/democratic-senators-e2809calarmede2809d-by-shutdowne28099s-potential-impact-on-food-safety/|url-status=live}}

In November 2018, Wyden was one of 11 senators to sign a letter to then-United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis about "the overt politicization of the military" with the Trump administration's deployment of 5,800 troops to the U.S.–Mexico border and requesting a briefing and written justification from the U.S. Northern Command for troop deployment while urging Mattis to "curb the unprecedented escalation of DOD involvement in immigration enforcement."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/417703-2020-democrats-challenge-trumps-use-of-troops-at-mexico-border/|title=2020 Democrats challenge Trump's use of troops at Mexico border|date=November 20, 2018|work=The Hill|first=Alexander|last=Bolton|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108095614/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/417703-2020-democrats-challenge-trumps-use-of-troops-at-mexico-border|url-status=live}}

In January 2019, Wyden was one of 20 senators to sponsor the Dreamer Confidentiality Act, a bill that would ban the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from passing information collected on DACA recipients to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Department of Justice, or any other law enforcement agency with exceptions in the case of fraudulent claims, national security issues, or non-immigration related felonies being investigated.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426478-senate-dems-introduces-bill-to-keep-daca-info-private/|title=Senate Dems introduces bill to keep DACA info private|date=January 22, 2019|first=Rafael|last=Bernal|work=The Hill|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=January 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123071429/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426478-senate-dems-introduces-bill-to-keep-daca-info-private|url-status=live}}

In the past, Wyden voted to continue federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities" and to declare English as the official language of the U.S. government.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/international/Ron_Wyden_Immigration.htm|title=Ron Wyden on Immigration|work=On The Issues|access-date=2019-02-13|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214003010/http://www.ontheissues.org/international/Ron_Wyden_Immigration.htm|url-status=live}}

Wyden voted for the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, which would change federal law to allow federal money to fund embryonic stem-cell research, ending a federal ban. He urged President Bush to sign it, saying, "I see no reason why embryonic stem-cell research should be treated any differently than other research" in terms of federal grant funding. Bush vetoed the act twice.{{cite news|title=Smith, Wyden to Bush: Sign bill|date=July 19, 2006|newspaper=Statesman Journal}} In 2007, Wyden and Senator Gordon Smith again supported the bill.{{cite web|first=Keith|last=Chu|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20070412/NEWS0107/704120347/|title=Bible in hand, Smith pushes stem cell bill|work=The Bend Bulletin|date=April 12, 2007|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=November 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101005223/http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20070412/NEWS0107/704120347/|url-status=dead}}" (April 12. 2007). The Bulletin.

Wyden is a supporter of environmental protection measures, and was among the minority of senators to vote against confirming the appointment of Gale Norton as Secretary of the Interior. In May 2007, he also opposed the appointment of Lyle Laverty as assistant interior secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, this time on ethical grounds.{{cite news |work=The Oregonian |last=Sleeth |first=Peter |title=Wyden delaying key appointment to Interior agency |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/117798452930130.xml&coll=7 |date=May 1, 2007 |access-date=May 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035305/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F117798452930130.xml&coll=7 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}

On April 6, 2011, Wyden voted against limiting the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00054|title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress – 1st Session, Vote Number 54, 2011-04-06.|website=senate.gov|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022102753/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00054|url-status=live}} On March 22, 2013, he voted against concurrent resolution creating a point of order that would make it harder for Congress to put a price on carbon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vis.org/toolbox/VoteDetail.aspx?vid=15678|title=Detail for 2013 Senate Roll Call Vote 59|publisher=Voter Information Services|website=vis.org|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124032433/https://www.vis.org/toolbox/VoteDetail.aspx?vid=15678|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00059|title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 1st Session, Vote Number 59, 2013-03-22.|website=senate.gov|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022102757/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00059|url-status=live}} In November 2015, he voted in support of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00307#top|title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress – 1st Session, Vote Number 307, 2015-11-17.|website=senate.gov|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=November 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109030158/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00307#top|url-status=live}}

In May 2014, in response to the National Climate Assessment, Wyden said that the "report adds to the ever-growing body of scientific evidence and on-the-ground proof that the effects of climate change are already being felt in every region of the United States".{{Cite web|url=https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-national-climate-assessment-confirms-need-to-act-on-climate-change|title=Wyden: National Climate Assessment Confirms Need to Act on Climate Change|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|website=wyden.senate.gov|date=May 6, 2014|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=November 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109184345/https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-national-climate-assessment-confirms-need-to-act-on-climate-change|url-status=live}} In June 2014, he said that "climate change is the most important environmental challenge of our time".{{Cite web|url=https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-inaction-on-climate-change-is-no-longer-an-option|title=Wyden: Inaction on Climate Change is No Longer an Option|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|website=wyden.senate.gov|date=June 2, 2014|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=November 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109012407/https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-inaction-on-climate-change-is-no-longer-an-option|url-status=live}}

In October 2017, Wyden was one of 19 senators to sign a letter to EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, who had been appointed by Donald Trump, questioning Pruitt's decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan. The letter asserted that the repeal proposal used "mathematical sleights of hand to over-state the costs of industry compliance with the 2015 Rule and understate the benefits that will be lost if the 2017 repeal is finalized" and that denying science and fabricating math would fail to "satisfy the requirements of the law, nor will it slow the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, the inexorable rise in sea levels, or the other dire effects of global warming that our planet is already experiencing."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/357446-19-sens-question-epa-methodology-behind-clean-power-plan-repeal/|title=19 sens question EPA methodology behind Clean Power Plan repeal|first=Julia|last=Manchester|work=The Hill|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206194428/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/357446-19-sens-question-epa-methodology-behind-clean-power-plan-repeal|url-status=live}}

In November 2018, Wyden was one of 25 Democratic senators to cosponsor a resolution specifying key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change report and National Climate Assessment. The resolution affirmed the senators' acceptance of the findings and their support for bold action toward addressing climate change.{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/merkley-resolution-urges-quick-climate-change-action/895812840|title=Merkley resolution urges quick climate change action|date=November 27, 2018|work=KTVZ|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-date=February 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020905/https://www.ktvz.com/news/merkley-resolution-urges-quick-climate-change-action/895812840|url-status=dead}}

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Wyden is critical of the estate tax, which he feels is inefficient, and has voted repeatedly to abolish it. He co-authored the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, which bans Internet taxes in the United States. He has also voted with Republicans to lower the capital gains tax, to encourage the study of the flat tax, and to require a 3/5 majority to raise taxes. Wyden voted against the Bush tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003. He has also voted against the balanced budget amendment.

Wyden supports lower corporate taxes and was generally supportive of the draft proposal for deficit reduction released by the chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in November 2010.{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=3c8151d3-b00d-492d-a414-8c1f3134821b|title=Wyden Statement on White House Fiscal Commission's Draft Report|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|date=November 10, 2010|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304083636/http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=3c8151d3-b00d-492d-a414-8c1f3134821b|url-status=dead}}

Len Burman of the Tax Policy Center has praised Wyden as a legislator who "has worked tirelessly to try to advance the cause of tax reform, [despite having] few allies in this quest."{{cite web|first=Leonard E.|last=Burman|url=https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/why-tax-code-mess-graphically|title=Why the Tax Code is a Mess, Graphically|work=Tax Policy Center|date=September 12, 2011|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035946/http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/2011/09/12/why-the-tax-code-is-a-mess-graphically/|url-status=dead}}

In May 2016, Wyden introduced the Presidential Tax Transparency Act, legislation requiring sitting presidents and presidential nominees to release their tax returns publicly. Wyden reintroduced the legislation in January 2019, saying in a statement, "Trump blew off a 40-year, bipartisan, pro-transparency tradition by refusing to release his tax returns—a tradition that dates all the way back to Watergate. It’s not just a matter of the president destroying a good-government campaign tradition." He called the legislation "the one-two punch needed to keep the Trump administration from stonewalling congressional oversight efforts, and ensure public transparency if Trump's tax returns get tied up in court."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/423695-top-finance-dem-reintroduces-bill-that-would-require-trump-to-release-tax/|title=Top Finance Dem reintroduces bill that would require Trump to release tax returns|date=January 3, 2019|first=Michael|last=Burke|work=The Hill|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230344/https://thehill.com/policy/finance/423695-top-finance-dem-reintroduces-bill-that-would-require-trump-to-release-tax|url-status=live}}

In January 2019, during the 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown, Wyden sent a letter to United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Charles P. Rettig questioning the possible "increased risk of taxpayer ID theft" in the event the lRS attempted to "maintain normal operations" during the shutdown and related concerns of his constituents "that there may be no resolution in sight".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/424972-dem-senator-presses-treasury-irs-on-cyber-risks-for-us-taxpayers-during/|title=Dem senator presses IRS on cyber risks for taxpayers during shutdown|first=Olivia|last=Beavers|date=January 11, 2019|work=The Hill|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806190831/https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/424972-dem-senator-presses-treasury-irs-on-cyber-risks-for-us-taxpayers-during|url-status=live}}

In February 2019, Wyden, Roy Blunt, and Tammy Baldwin led nine other senators in sponsoring the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, legislation imposing a reduction in excise taxes, compliance burdens, and regulations for brewers, cider makers, vintners, and distillers as part of an attempt to ensure the continued growth of the craft beverage industry.{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-to-help-wisconsin-craft-breweries-create-jobs-and-grow-their-business/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Help Wisconsin Craft Breweries Create Jobs and Grow Their Business|date=February 20, 2019|work=Urban Milwaukee|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828120845/https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-to-help-wisconsin-craft-breweries-create-jobs-and-grow-their-business/|url-status=live}}

In 2024, Wyden co-sponsored the Stop Predatory Investing Act to ban corporate investors that buy up more than 50 single-family homes from deducting interest or depreciation from their taxes on those properties.{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Adam |date=2023-07-11 |title=Senate Democrats take aim at investor home purchases |url=https://thehill.com/business/4091602-senate-democrats-take-aim-at-investor-home-purchases/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}

On November 19, 2010, Wyden announced he would take the steps necessary to put a hold on the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) so it would not be enacted that year. If it were enacted, it would allow the Attorney General the authority to order internet providers in the U.S. to block access to websites deemed to infringe copyright. This effectively required the law to be resubmitted the next year rather than be rushed through the system at the end of the congress. Wyden said:

It seems to me that online copyright infringement is a legitimate problem, but it seems to me that COICA as written is the wrong medicine. Deploying this statute to combat online copyright infringement seems almost like using a bunker-busting cluster bomb when what you really need is a precision-guided missile. The collateral damage of this statute could be American innovation, American jobs, and a secure Internet.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/senator-web-censorship-bill-a-bunker-busting-cluster-bomb/|title=Senator: Web Censorship Bill A 'Bunker-Busting Cluster Bomb'|magazine=Wired|date=November 20, 2010|first=Nate|last=Anderson|access-date=March 11, 2017|archive-date=May 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503024428/http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/senator-web-censorship-bill-a-bunker-busting-cluster-bomb/|url-status=dead}}

In June 2011, Wyden announced his Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act in partnership with Representative Jason Chaffetz. The bill would establish a legal framework for the sharing and access of private tracking data by corporations, individuals, and federal agencies.{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=0b8d693f-7cab-4ba4-aae6-42b66b1eef0e|title=Wyden, Chaffetz Introduce GPS Act|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=April 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401152856/http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=0b8d693f-7cab-4ba4-aae6-42b66b1eef0e|url-status=dead}}

Wyden was the first politician in Congress to stand against the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (in the House) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) (in the Senate){{cite web |url=http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/markos-moulitsas-on-sopa-pipa-and-the-battle-for-control-of-the-internet |title=Markos Moulitsas on SOPA, PIPA and the battle for control of the Internet|work=Countdown with Keith Olbermann|date=January 18, 2012 |access-date=January 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024218/http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/markos-moulitsas-on-sopa-pipa-and-the-battle-for-control-of-the-internet |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} on the grounds that it would "step towards an Internet in which those with money and lawyers and access to power have a greater voice than those who don't."{{cite web |url=http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/15054717459/senator-ron-wyden-to-internet-thank-you-speaking-up-were-not-done-yet.shtml |first=Mike |last=Masnick |title=Senator Ron Wyden To The Internet: Thank You For Speaking Up ... But We're Not Done Yet |work=Techdirt |date=January 18, 2012 |access-date=August 27, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407005406/http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/15054717459/senator-ron-wyden-to-internet-thank-you-speaking-up-were-not-done-yet.shtml |url-status=live }} Wyden delayed PIPA in the Senate by placing a hold on the legislation in 2010, which prevented it from being considered by the full Senate even after it was unanimously voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Wyden's hold was credited with "[g]iving time for the Internet to rally against" SOPA and PIPA.{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Anderson|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/sen-ron-wyden-you-cant-come-up-with-sensible-internet-policy-on-the-fly.ars|title=Sen. Ron Wyden: 'You can't come up with sensible Internet policy on the fly|work=Ars Technica|date=January 20, 2012|access-date=June 15, 2017|archive-date=April 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425194229/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/sen-ron-wyden-you-cant-come-up-with-sensible-internet-policy-on-the-fly.ars|url-status=dead}} With Representative Darrell Issa in the House, Wyden also introduced the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act as an alternative to SOPA and PIPA.{{cite web|first=Scott M. III|last=Fulton|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/12/sopa-opponents-sign-on-to-wyde.php|title=SOPA Opponents Sign On to Wyden-Issa Alternative Piracy Bill|work=ReadWrite|date=December 13, 2011|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=July 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718165913/http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/12/sopa-opponents-sign-on-to-wyde.php|url-status=dead}}

Ezra Klein wrote: "Perhaps no single member of Congress deserves as much credit for slowing the advance" of the bills than Wyden, who for much of 2010 "fought a one-man battle to keep the Senate version of the legislation from moving through on a unanimous vote."{{cite news|first=Ezra|last=Klein|authorlink=Ezra Klein|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/interview-sen-ron-wydens-fight-to-save-the-internet/2011/08/25/gIQAqnHG6P_blog.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205200551/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/interview-sen-ron-wydens-fight-to-save-the-internet/2011/08/25/gIQAqnHG6P_blog.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2013|title=Interview: Sen. Ron Wyden's fight to stop SOPA and save the Internet|date=January 17, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 27, 2020}} Wyden was called the "primary driver of opposition to the bill within the Senate."{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Sargent|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/wyden-sopa-victory-was-a-grassroots-victory-for-the-history-books/2012/01/20/gIQAf0p4DQ_blog.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209011623/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/wyden-sopa-victory-was-a-grassroots-victory-for-the-history-books/2012/01/20/gIQAf0p4DQ_blog.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-09|title=Wyden: SOPA win was a 'grassroots victory for the history books'|date=January 20, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

When Senate leadership announced it was indefinitely postponing the bill following "massive protests" in January 2012, Wyden called it a "grassroots victory for the history books." For his role in fighting against SOPA and PIPA, The Daily Dot named Wyden one of the top ten most influential activists of 2012.{{cite web|last=Collier|first=Kevin|title=The top 10 most influential Internet rights activists in 2012|url=http://www.dailydot.com/society/top-10-internet-rights-activists-2012/|work=The Daily Dot|date=December 28, 2012|access-date=January 3, 2013|archive-date=December 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229230813/http://www.dailydot.com/society/top-10-internet-rights-activists-2012/|url-status=live}}

On April 10, 2019, Wyden, Senator Cory Booker, and Representative Yvette Clarke introduced the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019, legislation granting additional powers to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in addition to forcing companies to study whether race, gender or other biases influence their technology. Wyden said in a statement that computers were "increasingly involved in the most important decisions affecting Americans’ lives" and that too frequently "algorithms depend on biased assumptions or data that can actually reinforce discrimination against women and people of color."{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-regulation-algorithms/u-s-lawmakers-propose-bill-to-fight-bias-in-tech-companies-algorithms-idUSKCN1RM2WJ|title=U.S. lawmakers propose bill to fight bias in tech companies' algorithms|date=April 10, 2019|first=Jeffrey|last=Dastin|work=Reuters|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107232458/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-regulation-algorithms/u-s-lawmakers-propose-bill-to-fight-bias-in-tech-companies-algorithms-idUSKCN1RM2WJ|url-status=live}}

In October 2019, Wyden proposed The Mind Your Own Business Act to allow the FTC to issue penalties for first-time privacy violators of up to 4% of annual revenue, like the European regulation GDPR.{{Cite web|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/wyden-proposes-jail-time-for-execs-who-lie-to-ftc-about-privacy|title=Wyden Proposes Jail Time for Execs Who Lie to FTC About Privacy|website=Bloomberg Law|language=en|access-date=October 21, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021071350/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/wyden-proposes-jail-time-for-execs-who-lie-to-ftc-about-privacy|url-status=live}}

During the 2008 financial crisis, Wyden voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 backed by the George W. Bush administration.{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=303357|title=Wyden Issues Statement on Administration Proposal to Address Financial Crisis|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|date=September 22, 2008|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304110606/http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=303357|url-status=dead}} He did not vote on the automobile industry bailout,{{cite web|url=http://www.congressmatters.com/storyonly/2008/12/14/9547/4978/806/213|title=A look at the Senate auto bailout vote|website=congressmatters.com|access-date=January 26, 2009|archive-date=March 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313042550/http://www.congressmatters.com/storyonly/2008/12/14/9547/4978/806/213|url-status=dead}} but said he would have voted for cloture if he had been present. Wyden added, "While I continue to have concerns about ensuring that taxpayers are protected if this loan is to occur, I believe that if the President can unwisely provide $750 billion of taxpayer money for the investment banks who took horribly unacceptable risks and helped trigger an economic collapse, we certainly have a duty to attempt to preserve a cornerstone domestic industry and the jobs of hundreds of thousands of working people whose personal actions are in no way responsible for the current economic crisis."{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=305865|title=Congressional Record: Wyden Statement on Auto Bailout Vote|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|date=December 12, 2008|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304111517/http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=305865|url-status=dead}}

In early January 2009, Wyden was among several moderate Democratic senators who criticized President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan, calling for a greater emphasis on "tangible infrastructure investments" and warning that an effort had to be made to differentiate it from the Bush bailouts Wyden had opposed.{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090109/pl_politico/17264|title=Doubts arise over Obama stimulus plan}} Wyden ultimately voted for the bill and mostly voted with his party on various amendments to the bill.{{cite web |url=http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/853-Senate-Stimulus-Amendments |title=Senate Stimulus Amendments|website=OpenCongress.org |date=February 3, 2009 |access-date=August 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906193942/http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/853-Senate-Stimulus-Amendments |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}

Wyden voted against the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, a Republican effort to restrict the number of class actions suits against businesses, and the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, a bipartisan change in bankruptcy law designed to make it more difficult to file for bankruptcy and to make those in bankruptcy pay more of their debts. He voted for the previous Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2001 (S-420, substituted by amendment into H.R. 433),"{{cite web|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.00420:|title=Bill Summary & Status 107th Congress (2001 - 2002) S.420|website=thomas.loc.gov|access-date=December 31, 2008|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016235057/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107%3As.00420%3A|url-status=dead}}" which contained many of the same provisions.

American video game company Activision Blizzard punished a Hong Kong-based professional gamer for supporting the pro-democracy 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.{{cite news |title=Call of Duty: Modern Warfare arrives amid China controversy |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50166898 |work=BBC News |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027143738/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50166898 |url-status=live }} Many felt that Blizzard was cautious about potential repercussions from China's government, which had censored any support for the Hong Kong protests. Wyden accused Blizzard of censorship and tweeted: "Blizzard shows it is willing to humiliate itself to please the Chinese Communist Party. No American company should censor calls for freedom to make a quick buck."{{cite news|title=Here's a timeline of Activision Blizzard's terrible week, as it faces fan protests after an esports athlete was punished for voicing support for Hong Kong|first=Kevin|last=Webb|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-boycott-hong-kong-protests-activision-blitzchung-blizzcon-2019-10|work=Business Insider|date=October 12, 2019|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807034415/https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-boycott-hong-kong-protests-activision-blitzchung-blizzcon-2019-10|url-status=live}}

Wyden supports lifting the United States embargo against Cuba as a more viable way to reach the Cuban people. In 2016, he and Senator Byron Dorgan offered an unsuccessful amendment to end funding for TV Martí, an anti-Castro broadcasting project of the U.S. government aimed at Cuba. Dorgan and Wyden argued that the U.S. should "pull the plug on U.S. government television broadcasts to Cuba, broadcasts even the American government acknowledges Fidel Castro routinely jams and the Cuban people can't see", calling it a "complete and total waste of taxpayers' dollars" and noting that the transmissions would cost $21.1 million in the next year, but would "reach virtually no one in Cuba." The amendment was not adopted."[http://epw.senate.gov/pressitem.cfm?party=rep&id=236110 Dorgan and Wyden Ask Senate to Stop $21 Million Boondoggle] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401103242/http://epw.senate.gov/pressitem.cfm?party=rep&id=236110 |date=April 1, 2016 }}" (press release). Majority Staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.{{cite web|first=Katie|last=Harr|url=http://www.coha.org/radio-and-tv-marti-washington-guns-after-castro-at-any-cost/|title=Radio and TV Martí: Washington Guns after Castro at Any Cost|website=coha.org|publisher=Council on Hemispheric Affairs|date=March 29, 2006|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426131909/http://www.coha.org/radio-and-tv-marti-washington-guns-after-castro-at-any-cost/|url-status=dead}}

Wyden supports free trade. In the House, he voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement, and he has supported many trade deals in the Senate, one of very few Democrats to vote for the Central America Free Trade Agreement. He has voted against free trade agreements with Chile, Singapore, and Oman.

Wyden supported the reimposition of tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber in 2017, saying, "Canadian policies ... distort trade and hold American lumber businesses back from fully realizing their potential."{{cite news|title=Wyden welcomes tariffs on unfairly traded Canadian lumber|url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-welcomes-tariffs-on-unfairly-traded-canadian-lumber/461310935|access-date=May 5, 2017|work=KTVZ|date=April 25, 2017|archive-date=May 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503160410/http://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-welcomes-tariffs-on-unfairly-traded-canadian-lumber/461310935|url-status=dead}}

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Wyden's home is in Portland, Oregon, and he has an apartment in Washington, D.C. He has two grown children, Adam and Lilly, by his first wife, Laurie (née Oseran); they divorced in 1999 after 20 years of marriage.[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/202248973/ Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon): "U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden plans to marry Nancy Bass, the co-owner of The Strand book store in New York City, in the fall"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028091807/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/202248973/ |date=October 28, 2016 }} July 13, 2005 – Page 2 | Wyden, 56, has two children from a previous marriage: Adam, 21, and Lilly, 16. He and his first wife, Laurie Oseran, separated in 1999 after 20 years of marriage and later divorced. His son Adam owns the hedge fund ADW Capital Partners LP.{{cite web|first=Miles|last=Weiss|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-24/hedge-fund-born-in-senator-s-basement-after-son-has-d-e-shaw-internship.html|title=Hedge Fund Born in Senator's Basement After Son Has D.E. Shaw Internship|work=Bloomberg|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=March 11, 2017|archive-date=January 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112090525/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-24/hedge-fund-born-in-senator-s-basement-after-son-has-d-e-shaw-internship.html|url-status=dead}}

Wyden married his current wife, Nancy Wyden (née Bass), daughter of an owner of New York's Strand Bookstore, in September 2005. They have three children: twins born in 2007,{{cite news|title=Wyden twins head home with parents|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/10/wyden_twins_meet_the_world.html|first=Jeff|last=Mapes|work=The Oregonian|date=October 30, 2007|access-date=May 17, 2008|archive-date=May 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522130253/http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/10/wyden_twins_meet_the_world.html|url-status=live}} and a daughter born in 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/sen_ron_wyden_wife_welcome_bab.html|title=Sen. Ron Wyden, wife welcome baby daughter|date=November 29, 2012|access-date=November 30, 2012|agency=The Associated Press|newspaper=The Oregonian|archive-date=December 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201060940/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/sen_ron_wyden_wife_welcome_bab.html|url-status=live}} In 2016, they sold their 5,300-square-foot townhouse in Manhattan for $7.5 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2016/05/ron_wyden_nyc_townhouse_7_mil.html|title=Sen. Ron Wyden's other home: NYC townhouse on the market for $7.5 million (photos)|last=Eastman|first=Janet|work=The Oregonian|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501183202/https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2016/05/ron_wyden_nyc_townhouse_7_mil.html|url-status=live}} During Wyden's 2010 Senate campaign, opponents questioned how much time Wyden spent in Oregon given his wife's New York residency.{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2010/10/opponents_accuse_ron_wyden_of.html|title=Opponents accuse Ron Wyden of spending too much time in New York, not enough in Oregon|last=Pope|first=Charles|work=The Oregonian|date=October 16, 2010|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501183202/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2010/10/opponents_accuse_ron_wyden_of.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2010, Wyden underwent surgery for very early-stage prostate cancer, detected during a routine screening. He recovered quickly and returned to Congress in January 2011.{{cite web|first=Charles|last=Pope|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/12/sen_ron_wyden_diagnosed_with_p.html|title=Sen. Ron Wyden diagnosed with prostate cancer|work=The Oregonian|date=December 17, 2010|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=September 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908090556/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/12/sen_ron_wyden_diagnosed_with_p.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/12/sen_ron_wyden_recovering_from.html|title=Sen. Ron Wyden recovering from cancer surgery|agency=Associated Press|work=The Oregonian|date=December 20, 2010|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=September 13, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913071849/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/12/sen_ron_wyden_recovering_from.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/20/wydens-prostate-cancer-surgery-successful/|title=Wyden's prostate-cancer surgery successful|work=The Washington Times|agency=Associated Press|date=December 20, 2010|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=January 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104194301/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/20/wydens-prostate-cancer-surgery-successful/|url-status=dead}}

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|1980

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |71%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Darrell R. Conger

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |29%

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|1982

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |78%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Thomas H. Phelan

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |22%

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|1984

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |72%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Drew Davis

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |28%

|Write-in

|<1%

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|1986

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |85%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Thomas H. Phelan

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |15%

|Write-in

|<1%

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|1988

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |100%

|Unopposed

|

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|Write-in

|<1%

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|1990

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |80%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Phil Mooney

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |20%

|Write-in

|<1%

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|1992

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |77%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Al Ritter

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |18%

|Others

|4%

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|1994

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |73%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Everett Hall

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |19%

|Others

|8%

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!Party

!Pct

!Opponent

!Party

!Pct

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|1996

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |48%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Gordon Smith

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |46%

|Others

|6%

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|1998

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |61%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |John Lim

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |34%

|Others

|5%

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|2004

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |63%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Al King

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |32%

|Others

|5%

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|2010

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |57%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Jim Huffman

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |39%

|Others

|3%

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|2016

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |57%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Mark Callahan

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |33%

|Others

|10%

|-

|2022

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ron Wyden (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |56%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Jo Rae Perkins

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |41%

|Others

|3%

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Wyden has written the following articles:

• Wyden, Ron. [https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/conlr9&div=33&id=&page= "Public Regulation of Private Supplements to Medicare and Medicaid in Oregon"]. Conn. L. Rev. 9 (1976): 450.
• Rosenstein, David I., et al. [https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.70.6.614 "Professional Encroachment: A Comparison of the Emergence of Denturists in Canada and Oregon"]. American Journal of Public Health 70.6 (1980): 614 –618.
• Wyden, Ron. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/44872917 "Inside Congress: A Gray Panther's View"]. Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, vol. 9, no. 1, 1984, pp. 31–32. JSTOR.
• Wyden, Ron. [https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ps.38.10.1037?journalCode=ps "Mental Illness Awareness Week"]. Psychiatric Services 38.10 (1987): 1037.
• Wyden, Ron, and Peter DeFazio. [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0380127880140609 "The Challenge of the Twenty-First Century"]. Educational Gerontology: An International Quarterly 14.6 (1988): 577 –579.
• Wyden, Ron. [https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jenvll7&div=5&id=&page= "Using Trade Agreements to Protect the Environment"]. J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 7 (1992): 1.
• Wyden, Ron. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1382145/pdf/pubhealthrep00053-0006.pdf "Transparency: A Prescription Against Malpractice"]. Public Health Reports 110.4 (1995): 380.
• Wyden, Ron, and Joshua Sheinkman. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/43266752 "A Road Map for Environmental Law in the Twenty-First Century: Follow the Oregon Trail"]. Envtl. L. 30 (2000): 35–39.
• Wyden, Ron. [https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-17060-024 "Steps to improve quality of life for people who are dying"]. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 6.2 (2000): 575.
• Wyden, Ron, et al. [https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/wyden.pdf "Law and Policy Efforts to Balance Security, Privacy and Civil Liberties in Post-9/11 America"]. Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 17 (2006): 331.
• Wyden, Ron, and Bob Bennett. [https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.689 "Finally, Fixing Health Care: What’s Different Now?"]. Health Affairs 27.3 (2008): 689 –692.
• Emanuel, Ezekiel, and Ron Wyden. [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/182763 "A New Federal-State Partnership in Health Care: Real Power for States"]. JAMA 300.16 (2008): 1931 –1934.
• Wyden, Ron. [https://www.proquest.com/openview/196c4d31fcdc91f70607cd9dc3d1d211/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=60974 "Health Care Reform is Coming"]. Psychological Services 6.4 (2009): 304 –307.
• Adashi, Eli Y., and Ron Wyden. [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1104312 "Public Reporting of Clinical Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technology Programs: Implications for Other Medical and Surgical Procedures"]. JAMA 306.10 (2011): 1135 –1136.
• Wyden, Ron, and Paul Ryan. [http://wyden.creativengine.com/imo/media/doc/wyden-ryan.pdf "Guaranteed Choices to Strengthen Medicare and Health Security for All: Bipartisan Options for the Future"]. Washington, D.C.: US Congress. Online at www.budget.house.gov/bipartisanhealthoptions. 2011.
• Wyden, Ron, et al. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/24483670 "Too Many Secrets: What Washington Should Stop Hiding"]. Foreign Affairs, vol. 94, no. 3, 2015, pp. 114–19. JSTOR.
• Casey, Robert P., Gary C. Peters, and Ron Wyden. [https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/COVID-19%20in%20Nursing%20Homes%20Final%20Report.pdf "COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: How the Trump Administration Failed Residents and Workers"]. (2020).
• Wyden, Ron. "Foreword", in Coodley, Gregg, and David Sarasohn, The Green Years, 1964–1976: When Democrats and Republicans United to Repair the Earth. University Press of Kansas, 2021. JSTOR.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060614021021/http://soc.hfac.uh.edu/artman/publish/article_375.shtml World Internet News: "Big Oil Looking for a Government Handout"]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051111090306/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05%2F11%2F10%2F1527216 Sen. Ron Wyden on Soaring Oil Prices and Company Profits and the Senate Investigation into Prewar Intelligence]

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