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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.Y. and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks in the hallway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, to discuss opposition to Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Ron Wyden, Earl Blumenauer introduce legislation to liberalize federal law governing marijuana

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, Haitians make their way towards the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. officials say about 5,000 Haitians showed up at San Ysidro from October 2015 through late last month, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana said at a recent congressional hearing that officials told her on a trip to Central America that 40,000 more were on their way. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Ron Wyden seeks answers from DHS over border searches of smartphones and social media accounts

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tom Price, Donald Trump’s HHS pick, spars with Democrats over stock trading, Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This Dec. 1, 2016 photo taken at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretative Center in Baker City, shows the fold out map inside the John C. Fremont book displayed there. Through a partnership between the Library of Congress and the office of Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the 170-year-old, seven-section topographical map of the Oregon Trail that is bound into the book, has been secured for display at the Center. (S. John Collins /Baker City Herald via AP)

Oregon Trail Interpretive Center getting 170-year-old map

By JOSHUA DILLEN - Associated Press

Wyden praises SOU’s response to sexual assault complaints

By VICKIE ALDOUS - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks after a press conference at a Planned Parenthood office in Portland, Ore., Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Wyden's support of Planned Parenthood comes amid a heated debate among Oregon politicians over how Planned Parenthood uses the $3.6 million it gets from Oregon.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Ron Wyden checks in on Obamacare innovation program

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on IRS harassment of Tea Party groups by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: IRS power abuse, political interference more than ‘bureaucratic bumbling’

By Robert Knight

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

10 tea party groups still awaiting approval from IRS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 5, 2014, file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In remarks prepared for a Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 Senate Finance Committee event in Palo Alto, Calif., Wyden, a leading Senate critic of online surveillance, wants the government to stop spying on phone calls, texts and emails, saying the “digital dragnet” doesn’t make the country safer, and only hurts the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Ron Wyden: No actual fraud in Obamacare fake-enrollee study

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama is pressing for fast-track powers now so that he can finalize an Asian trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that he's negotiating with 11 other countries. A European trade deal could also be on the horizon. (Associated Press)

Senate averts trade filibuster, delivers big win to Obama in fast-track fight

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A major trade deal could be a capstone legacy for President Obama's second term in office — if he can deliver the votes. (Associated Press)

Obama undermined by Democrats on fast-track trade authority, Asia deal

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat (Associated Press)

Senate faces deadline on medical funding bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Protesters raise their hands as they chant Hands Up Don't Shoot under Highway 80 during a protest in response to police killings in Missouri and New York in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

Dario Raschio, World War II hero, pleads with ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ protesters: ‘Give me a chance’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this July 9, 2014, file photo, a sign informs visitors of prohibited items on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is fining another federal agency up to $10,000 for each week it fails to start moving radioactive sludge away from the Columbia River at the most contaminated nuclear site in the U.S. The Tri-Party Agreement required the U.S. Department of Energy to begin removing sludge from a storage basin at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Hanford waste storage tanks continue to deteriorate

By Nicholas K. Geranios - Associated Press

Congress fails to renew county timber payments

By JEFF BARNARD - Associated Press

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 6, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mike Rogers predicts ‘violence and deaths’ if Senate releases report on CIA terror programs

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 6, 2013, file photo, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wyden, the incoming chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says he would make revamping the federal income tax system a top priority. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Sen. Ron Wyden calls for surveillance policy shift

By NIGEL DUARA - Associated Press

PRIVACY: Liberty vs. security in post-9/11 world

By David Keene - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 20, 2013, file photo shows Harvard Law Professor David Barron during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting approval of one of President Barack Obama’s most contentious picks for a federal judgeship. The Senate plans a crucial procedural vote May 21, 2014, on Barron, a Harvard Law School professor who as a top Justice Department official wrote legal memos justifying the use of drones to kill Americans overseas who are believed to be terrorists. Some Democrats have been resisting Barron’s nomination. They have wanted those legal documents to be released publicly beforehand. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Senate backs judge pick who wrote drone memos

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama’s nominee to become Health and Human Services Secretary, center, is greeted by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, prior to her appearence before the Senate Finance Committee for her confirmation hearing. Burwell has found favor with both Republicans and Democrats in her current role as the head of the Office of Management and Budget and would replace Kathleen Sebelius who resigned last month after presiding over the Affordable Care Act and its problematic rollout. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Health secretary nominee faces cordial senators

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