U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D - OR)

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    Why has Congress not acted to open the Federal employee health care system up to private individuals and businesses. This was a promise the Democrats made when they took Congress in 2006. It would cost us nothing to do this, and it would provide a means for individuals and employers to obtain health care insurance at reasonable rates.

    Asked by: David Stoddard from Silver Spring, MD. Received 20 Votes.
    Categories: Health. Tags: health care · insurance · promises.
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    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)

    What Americans want is to make sure they have choices like their Members of Congress have. Members of Congress have private health care choices. And with the Healthy Americans Act we have now been able to get a significant group of senators, both Republicans and Democrats, to show that for the amount of money that’s being spent on health care today, according to the budget experts, it’s possible for all Americans to have similar choices.

    Answered on Jun 27th, 2008 More

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    do you agree or disagree that the supplemental appropriations for iraq/afganistan should be included in the normal annual budget of the united states? if you are elected, how will you submit these appropriations?

    Asked by: Gerald Wagner from Dayton, OH. Received 34 Votes.
    Categories: Campaign 2008 · Money & Politics.
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    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)

    Of course. There ought to be truth in budgeting. I don’t think that this is a real complicated concept. It seems to me that war expenditures just as expenditures for human services and other essential functions of government have got to be transparent.

    Elizabeth Wynne Johnson: Anything that you plan to do to see that happen?

    Certainly in the Budget Committee, you know with the Budget Resolution, Chairman Conrad is going to make a big push to try to force additional disclosure of those costs.

    Answered on Mar 6th, 2008 More

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