Wyden Introduces Bipartisan Child Welfare Act to Improve Government Oversight of Foster Care
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen.
Hank Stern
Wyden: Sessions’ Attacks on Medical Marijuana Again Show He only Values States’ Rights When He Thinks States Are Right
Washington, D.C. – U.S.
Wyden, Merkley Co-sponsor Bill to Bring “Atomic Cleanup Veterans” The Health Care They Need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill to bring key health care benefits to “Atomic Veterans” exposed to high levels of harmful radiation when assigned to clean up nuclear testing sites during the late 1970s.
Leahy, Wyden Alarmed by Decreased DEA Enforcement of Pharmaceutical Distributors
While Opioid Crisis Worsened, Number of DEA Cases Against Pharmaceutical Distributors Dropped Significantly, Recent Reports Say
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch following reports published by the Washington Post concerning the Justice Department’s oversight of ma
Wyden Report Shows Only 1 in 10 Oregonians with Opioid Addiction Receiving Needed Treatment
Portland --- Oregon Senator Ron Wyden today released a report detailing the consequences of underfunding treatment and prevention programs for opioid addiction in Oregon and nationwide.
Wyden, Merkley, Senate Colleagues Press House Speaker for Vote on Zika Funding
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with 27 of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) urging him to bring the $1.1 billion Zika funding legislation passed by the Senate to the House floor for a vote.
Wyden: Federal Law ‘Behind the Times’ with DEA Decision Not to Reschedule Marijuana
Washington, D.C. – After the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced it would not reschedule marijuana from the most restrictive federal drug class, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement:
Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer and Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Push President to Remove Barriers to Medical Marijuana Research
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, along with a bipartisan group of 24 senators and representatives, urged President Obama to remove barriers to research on medical marijuana and facilitate new medical research on cannabis and its derivatives.
Federal Agencies Commit to Marijuana Scheduling Decision This Year
DEA Responds to Senators’ Requests to Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research
Washington, D.C. – In a response to requests from U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and their Senate colleagues, three federal agencies announced plans to release a determination this year about whether to reschedule marijuana.
Wyden Praises CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
MEMORANDUM
To: Reporters and Editors
From: Taylor Harvey, Office of Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
Date: March 15, 2016
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