Oregonians know Ron as a senator who listens and innovates. For example, Ron has secured landmark health care and economic wins for our workers and retirees. Always citing the need to "throw open the doors of government for Oregonians," he holds an open-to-all town hall meeting in each of Oregon's 36 counties each year. Thus far he has held more than 970 meetings, as well as several virtual town hall meetings sponsored by the nonpartisan Town Hall Project. Wyden's dedication to hearing all sides of an issue and looking for common sense, nonpartisan solutions has won him trust on both sides of the aisle and put him at the heart of so many of the Senate's most important debates. In 2011, the Almanac of American Politics described Wyden as having "displayed a genius for coming up with sensible-sounding ideas no one else had thought of and making the counter-intuitive political alliances that prove helpful in passing bills." The Washington Post's Ezra Klein wrote: "The country has problems. And Ron Wyden has comprehensive, bipartisan proposals for fixing them."
Senator Ron Wyden has been called a hero for net neutrality protection and internet freedom. He advocates for smart policies, including net neutrality, protecting private data, and expanding rural broadband -- that will help internet users.
Wyden introduced the first Senate net neutrality bill in 2006, and he has repeatedly been singled out for his crucial leadership to ensure real net neutrality-where all Americans can use the Internet to go where they want, when they want, and how they want, after they pay their internet access fee.
Senator Wyden wrote the laws often credited for providing the legal foundation for the Internet to be the engine for innovation, education and job creation it is today. Through smart, forward-looking policies, Wyden is a champion for technology, internet freedom and cybersecurity in the Senate.