Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator
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OR
Democratic
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Service: 1981-present
221 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5244
Biography
A Senator and a Representative from Oregon. Born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans. , May 3, 1949. Attended the public schools of Palo Alto, Calif. A. B. , Stanford University 1971. J. D. , University of Oregon Law School in Eugene 1974. Director, Oregon Legal Services for the Elderly 1977-1979. Public member, Oregon State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators 1977-1979. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1981, to February 5, 1996, when he resigned, having been elected to the Senate. Elected to the Senate in a special election on January 30, 1996, to fill the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1999, left vacant by the resignation of Robert W. Packwood, and began service on February 6, 1996. Reelected in 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016, and again in 2022 for the term ending January 3, 2029. Chair, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress [January 3, 2013-February 12, 2014]), Committee on Finance (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress [February 12, 2014-January 3, 2015], One Hundred Seventeenth and One Hundred Eighteenth Congresses).
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Voting History
S 2
On the Motion (Wyden Motion to Commit S. 2 to the Committee on the Judiciary with Instructions)
Voted Yea on Jun 5, 2026
S 1318
On the Motion to Proceed S. 1318
Voted Nay on Jun 5, 2026
S 2
On Passage of the Bill S. 2
Voted Nay on Jun 5, 2026
S 2
On the Motion (Warnock Motion to Commit S. 2 to the Committee on the Judiciary with Instructions)
Voted Yea on Jun 4, 2026
S 2
On the Motion (Ossoff Motion to Commit S. 2 to the Committee on the Judiciary with Instructions)
Voted Yea on Jun 4, 2026
Sponsored Bills
S 4773: A bill to provide rental vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S 4739: A bill to implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, to prohibit reverse targeting of United States persons and persons located in the United States, and for other purposes.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
S 4738: A bill to implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, protections relating to warrantless queries for the communications of United States persons, and for other purposes.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
S 4740: A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve transparency, and for other purposes.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
SJRES 192: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".
Status: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.
Cosponsored Bills
S 3981: BRAVE Burma Act
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SRES 766: A resolution acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served the United States in the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, and the Federal civil service and committing to the pursuit of equal rights, protections, and respect for all LGBT servicemembers and Federal civil servants.
Status: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S2766-2768)
S 4749: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, and for other purposes.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S 4732: A bill to authorize the President to declare a smoke emergency, and for other purposes.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S 4727: A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a study on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence data centers and associated energy infrastructure, to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene a consortium on such environmental impacts, and to require the Administrator to develop a reporting system for the reporting of the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committee Memberships
