Tag: Ron Wyden

Court is responsible for issuing classified authorities where feds believe disclosure risk national security. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

National Security

Senate Dem calls on White House to declassify alleged surveillance

Rudy Takala · October 7, 2016 9:02 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up an anti-abortion group's request to get key documents from the federal government on Planned Parenthood.Â (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Senators recognize Planned Parenthood’s 100th anniversary

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 29, 2016 3:57 pm

The bill, which is being co-sponsored by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, would add waste, fraud and abuse to the list of protected whistleblower disclosures. (AP Photos)

Three senators push to enhance whistleblower protections after Energy Department retaliations

Rudy Takala · September 26, 2016 7:51 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pushing the Justice Department's to release a George W. Bush-era legal opinion on privacy and surveillance. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

National Security

Wyden renews call to pass bill to stop mass hacking by the FBI

Rudy Takala · September 8, 2016 8:31 pm

Dems think drug maker Mylan for decades avoided paying a higher Medicaid rebate for its EpiPen. (AP Photo/Bob Bird)

Lawmakers question if EpiPen maker stiffed Medicaid

Robert King · September 2, 2016 4:41 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced that he was adding a prominent advocate of raising private equity taxes to his staff. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Bad news for private equity firms in new Democratic staff hire

Joseph Lawler · July 20, 2016 3:39 pm

"When you retaliate against an employee for cooperating with an investigation about retaliation, it shows there is truly no limit to the lengths the department and its contractors will go to dodge accountability," Ron Wyden said. (AP Photo)

Senators decry Energy Department ‘war on whistleblowers’

Rudy Takala · July 14, 2016 9:46 pm

Democrats want to add $920 million to legislation that was created by a committee of Senate and House lawmakers to address the opioid crisis and have indicated they wouldn't support the legislation without it. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg, File)

Democrats push for opioid funding

Robert King · July 6, 2016 3:30 pm

Members of the bipartisan Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, including Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday introduced a resolution to formally designate July 30 as "Whistleblower Appreciation Day." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators propose ‘Whistleblower Appreciation Day’

Rudy Takala · June 30, 2016 11:01 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., criticized the Senate for failing to pass a string of gun control measures proposed earlier in the week. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Wyden: Senate surveillance proposal a ‘fake’ solution

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 7:01 pm

"The reason the hiring authority is important is that there are people who have the skills to ensure that we can actually get out in front of the hackers," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ron Wyden: Sharing no secrets, asking tough questions

Rudy Takala · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

Senator Ron Wyden has also called for the revision of a 2003 opinion issued by the White House Office of Legal Counsel related to "commercial service agreements." (Chris Goodney/Bloomberg)

National Security

Secret congressional laws are getting out of control, critics say

Rudy Takala · June 12, 2016 4:01 am