I urge the FCC expand the scope of this investigation, and to more broadly probe the practice of third parties buying real-time location data on Americans. Ron Wyden More Quotes by Ron Wyden More Quotes From Ron Wyden In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. Ron Wyden drugcountrythinking Men and women who have served in harm's way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Ron Wyden divorcestresssuicide Under the Healthy Americans Act, you're in charge of your health care - not your employer. If you lose your job, change jobs or just can't find a job, your health insurance is guaranteed to stick with you. Ron Wyden healthycarejobs Even under the best of circumstances, the road back from war is difficult. Ron Wyden difficultcircumstanceswar Let's hold insurance companies accountable the right way by making them put their whole customer base on the line. Ron Wyden insurance-companieslinesway It's correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition. Ron Wyden reformcompetitionchoices For Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 267,300 reserve component service men and women were called to service. Ron Wyden shieldsstormmen Right now, there are a limited number of customers for Canadian oil. Due to simple geography - and without the pipeline - it's really only cost effective for Canadian oil producers to sell their oil to North American customers, mostly American Midwesterners. Ron Wyden oilsimplenumbers You have an always-expanding, omnipresent surveillance state that's constantly chipping away at the liberties and freedoms of law-abiding Americans. Ron Wyden surveillance-statelibertylaw The KXL pipeline would make it easy and cost effective for oil producers in Canada to transport oil to the Gulf of Mexico where it could be shipped to customers - not just in the United States - but around the world. Ron Wyden mexicooilcost Merging the ability to conduct surveillance that reveals every aspect of a person's life with the ability to conjure up the legal authority to execute that surveillance, and finally, removing any accountable judicial oversight, creates the opportunity for unprecedented influence over our system of government. Ron Wyden surveillancegovernmentopportunity Until relatively recently, law enforcement's ability to determine an individual's location and track their movements was largely limited to natural human powers of observation. Ron Wyden enforcementtracklaw In order to do vigorous oversight, the leadership of the intelligence community has got to be straight with the American people and straight with the Congress. For there to be vigorous oversight, the intelligence community's got to be straight with the American people and the Congress and that has not been the case. Ron Wyden communityorderpeople Gasoline prices are soaring through the stratosphere, and the Federal Trade Commission, which is supposed to be standing up for the consumer, ought to stop playing footsie with the oil companies and take steps to protect the American people. Ron Wyden gasoline-pricesoilpeople I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say "If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it." But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise. Ron Wyden reformbillspromise Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American. Ron Wyden united-statespresidentwatches The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase records. And it also becomes part of another important issue that relates to the FISA court and the rest of the debate. It almost becomes a secret law, like there are two Patriot Acts. The one you read on the laptop essentially leads you to believe that there's some connection to terror . Ron Wyden governmentgunbelieve Congress should consult experts and consider alternatives and make 100% sure that any step it takes to police the Internet doesn't change the Internet as we know it. Ron Wyden alternativespoliceexperts When the Veterans Affairs Department implemented a program to provide home-based health care to veterans with multiple chronic conditions - many of the systems most expensive patients to treat - they received astounding results. Ron Wyden veterancarehome More customers for Canadian oil means that Canadian producers can charge more for their oil, which then means that American businesses and consumers will pay more for oil. Ron Wyden oilpaymean
