Ron Wyden

Progressive

Democrat

Senator

Oregon

Current Position: Senator from Oregon

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

For overhauling the tax code to tax wealth like wages, ensuring millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share
Against internet taxation and over-regulation; supports protecting internet access from multiple taxes
Against Social Security privatization; committed to strengthening and protecting Social Security for future generations

Against special interest tax loopholes; for corporations playing by the same rules as everyday Americans
For implementing a tax on excess oil and gas profits to hold Big Oil accountable for price-gouging
For cracking down on corporations that reward shareholders and CEOs with stock buybacks; supports incentivizing companies to invest in workers instead
For boosting domestic manufacturing of semiconductor chips and investing in American workers
For expanding unemployment insurance; modernized program to include self-employed, gig workers, and independent contractors with $600 weekly pandemic boost
For leveling the playing field for American businesses and workers in international trade

For healthcare as a human right; supports expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans
For giving Medicare the power to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription drug costs for seniors
For capping monthly out-of-pocket drug costs at $2000 for seniors in Medicare
For holding pharmaceutical companies accountable for price-gouging if they raise drug costs faster than inflation
For expanding Medicare and Medicaid coverage
For supporting reproductive healthcare
For Oregon's Death with Dignity law; conducted filibusters to protect end-of-life care decisions from government control
For kinship care policies; authored federal policy allowing family members like grandparents to care for at-risk children

For aggressive climate action; passed the Clean Energy for America Act targeting 40% carbon emission reduction by 2030 and cosponsored the Green New Deal resolution
For clean energy tax incentives and against fossil fuel subsidies; proposed eliminating all 44 energy tax breaks to level the playing field for renewable energy
For wildfire prevention funding; passed bipartisan legislation to end 'fire borrowing' practice that raided prevention budgets
For environmental protection; secured nearly 2,000 miles of Wild and Scenic rivers protection and old growth forest protections

For net neutrality and defending a free and open internet
For same-sex marriage; was one of the first U.S. Senators to declare support for marriage equality in 1996 and voted against the Defense of Marriage Act
For the Equality Act to provide equal protection under the law regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity
For abortion rights and reproductive freedom; opposes politicians interfering between women and their doctors
For protecting reproductive data privacy after Roe v. Wade was overturned; co-authored reproductive privacy legislation
Against NSA warrantless surveillance programs; fought to end collection of law-abiding Americans' phone calls
For comprehensive privacy legislation with criminal penalties including prison time for CEOs who fail to protect private information
For promoting veterans hiring, fixing VA problems, expanding veteran healthcare choices, and providing mental health and suicide prevention services for combat veterans
For ensuring National Guard and Reserve members receive the same benefits as other combat veterans
For requiring warrants to surveil Americans working or living outside U.S. borders

For nationwide vote-by-mail legislation; first proposed it in 2002
For requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns; introduced legislation after Trump refused to disclose his

Against the Iraq War
For welcoming refugees and immigrants fleeing persecution; against family separation policies