Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]

Striking a new balance toward liberty

2013-06-17T01:00:00Z

...an earlier version of the Merkley proposal on the FISA court decisions. He also favored another amendment, proposed by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that would have required the director of national intelligence to submit a report to Congress and the public o

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Striking a new balance toward liberty

2013-06-17T01:00:00Z

Brian Dickerson: Have a phone? Feds have you covered

2013-06-16T01:00:00Z

...the secret courts permission to scrutinize individual subscribers more closely. But congressional skeptics like Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon are critical. Wyden opined this month that its still none of the governments business when law-abiding Am

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Checks, balances and Edward Snowden

2013-06-15T01:00:00Z

...out have constituted a very small club. (The club appears to be gaining in popularity, though, and notably includes Sens. Ron Wyden, Patrick Leahy, Mark Udall, Mike Lee, Richard Durbin, Rand Paul, Jeff Merkley and Reps. John Conyers and James Sensenbren

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Video: Less than half of the Senate shows up for briefing on NSA?

2013-06-15T01:00:00Z

...of the harshest critics of the NSA’s programs declined comment following the briefing, including Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Paul held a news conference just minutes before the briefing in which he indicated he might help sue the g

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Zing! Kirsten Powers Lays Waste to the Anti-Snowden Crowd

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...ELECTRONIC VOTING!! but there are times when I am right on board with her. This is one of those times. March 12, 2013: Senator Ron Wyden (D) Oregon: Does the NSA collect ANY type of data at ALL on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans. JAMES CLA

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Immigrants' Health Care Costs Are Hot Topic On Capitol Hill

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...media reports detail Sen. Ron Wyden's proposal to allow accountable care organizations to focus on the sickest, most costly patients; questions from Rep. Darrell Issa, R.-Calif., about the navigator program's funding; and House Minority Leader Nancy Pel

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Mark Udall, Ron Wyden Introduce Bill Limiting Federal Government's Authority To Collect Data

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...-- Sens. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will introduce legislation to limit the federal government's authority to collect data on Americans, their offices announced Friday. The bill would require that data collection be preceded by a "demon

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Letters: Intelligence gathering, Edward Snowden and Sen. Ron Wyden

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...mouth shut. He should have remained loyal to his obligations and to his oaths to keep information secret. View full sizeSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press I supp

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Udall proposes bill to limit federal government's authority to collect data

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...Patriot Act. Udall will co-sponsor his bill with another outspoken Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden. "The NSA's collection of millions of Americans' phone call records is the type of overreach I have warned about for

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Udall proposes bill to limit federal government's authority to collect data

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

Sen. Merkley Skipped Briefing on NSA Surveillance Program

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

...Bob Litt; and National Security General Counsel Rajesh De, BuzzFeed reports. Two other senators, Merkley's fellow Oregonian Ron Wyden and Colorado's Mark Udall attended the briefing. The three Democratic senators had requested the meeting together. The

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Sen. Ron Wyden wants straight answers on government surveillance: Ruth Marcus

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

...very basis for the telephone data vacuuming. "There's virtually nothing that limits the government's authority to collect here," Wyden told me. "Medical records, financial records, library records, gun purchase records. ... This basically is a huge swee

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Ron Wyden’s reprehensible stunt

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

...him explain: What is outrageous is not that Clapper tried to protect classified information in an open session, but that Senator Ron Wyden asked him the question in open session the first place. Wyden, an opponent of the NSA program, asked Clapper in fr

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Sen. Wyden not too happy with intel chief Clapper

2013-06-11T01:00:00Z

...Ron Wyden is taking National Intelligence Director James Clapper to task for failing to give him a straight answer when he asked about potential snooping on Americans during an oversight hearing in March. The Oregon Democrat asked Mr. Clapper if the gov

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Sen. Wyden: Clapper didn’t give ‘straight answer’ on NSA programs

2013-06-11T01:00:00Z

...Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), one of the chief Democratic critics of the Obama administration’s surveillance programs, said Tuesday that Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper didn’t give a “straight answer” on NSA surveillance programs at a M

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Sen. Wyden cites contradiction in eavesdropping answer

2013-06-11T01:00:00Z

...(AP) — Sen. Ron Wyden says Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had a day to prepare his answer to Congress that there was no widespread collection of Americans' phone records. In this April 18, 2013 file photo, National Intelligence Direct

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This Is The Video In Which It Looks Like The Director Of National Intelligence Might Have Lied To Congress

2013-06-11T01:00:00Z

...March, the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, told Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), that the National Security Agency does "not wittingly" collect any data on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans. — Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) June 6, 2013 So,

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Lawmakers Seek Declassification of Secret Spy Court Rulings

2013-06-11T01:00:00Z

...Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and other senators want the Justice Department to declassify rulings from a secret spy court that demanded Verizon turn over calling metadata of its customers. Photo: Ron Wyden A bi-partisan group of senators proposed legislation to

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White House: Intel boss didn’t lie to Congress

2013-06-11T01:00:00Z

...has been straight and direct in the answers he’s given,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters today. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., disagrees. “One of the most important responsibilities a Senator has is oversight of the intelligence com

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