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April 14, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Diana Shaw, Deputy Inspector General at the US Department of State - Wyden Seeks Investigation of Former USAGM CEO Following Whistleblower Complaint
Sen. Ron Wyden
April 6, 2021
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr, President of the United States - Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Funding for Secure 5G Networks
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
April 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. John Stankey, Chief Executive Officer of AT&T - Cassidy, Bipartisan Senators Question Online Ad Exchanges on Sharing Americans' Data with Foreign Companies
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
April 3, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoman of Federal Communications Commission - Senator Hassan, Colleagues Push for Updated Broadband Mapping Data
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
April 2, 2021
Wyden, Bipartisan Senators, Question Online Ad Exchanges on Sharing of Americans' Data with Foreign Companies
Sen. Ron Wyden
April 2, 2021
Wyden Urges FCC to Include State and Local Input in Broadband Buildout
Sen. Ron Wyden
March 31, 2021
Wyden, Merkley: Onward Eugene Awarded $300,000 NSF Grant for Broadband
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
March 30, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoman of Federal Communications Commission - Wyden Urges FCC to Make Rural Broadband a Priority This Year
Sen. Ron Wyden
March 29, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation - Van Hollen, Brown, Klobuchar Request Support for Women in Research Workforce
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
March 26, 2021
Baldwin Joins Colleagues to Introduce Bill to Expand Emergency Broadband Benefit Access
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
March 25, 2021
Wyden and Leading Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Expand Emergency Broadband Benefit Access
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
March 24, 2021
Wyden Statement Mark Zuckerberg's Proposal to Roll Back Section 230
Sen. Ron Wyden
March 18, 2021
Wyden and Leading Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Expand Emergency Broadband Benefit Access
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
March 16, 2021
Keeping Critical Connections Act
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
March 16, 2021
Wyden Co-sponsors Bill to Tackle Homework Gap, Provide Wi-Fi on School Buses
Sen. Ron Wyden
March 11, 2021
Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Access to Affordable High-Speed Internet
Sen. Ron Wyden
March 1, 2021
Congressman Steven Horsford and Senator Ron Wyden Introduce Legislation to Modernize State Unemployment Insurance Systems
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Feb. 26, 2021
TODAY: Bipartisan, Bicameral Vaccine Funding Transparency Legislation Introduced as Health Subcommittee Hearing Reviews COVID-19 Immunizations
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Feb. 22, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Ronald Klain, White House Chief of Staff - Speier, Eshoo and Dozens of Democratic Women Urge White House to Nominate Rosenworcel as FCC Chair
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Feb. 4, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoman of Federal Communications Commission - Gillibrand Calls On FCC To Provide Immediate Emergency Funding For E-Rate Program
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Feb. 4, 2021
Eshoo, Wyden, Gillibrand, Brown, and Hirono Reintroduce Invest in Child Safety Act to Protect Children from Online Exploitation
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Feb. 4, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoma of the Federal Communications Commission - Rosen, Colleagues Urge FCC to Use Existing Authorities to Close the "Homework Gap"
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Feb. 3, 2021
Committee Members Celebrate Vacating of EPA Rule to Censor Science
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Jan. 29, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Rep. Ron Kind Joins Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Calling on the Biden Administration to Take Action to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Jan. 29, 2021
Wyden and Booker Question NSA Response Following Supply Chain Hacks of SolarWinds And Juniper Networks
Sen. Ron Wyden
Jan. 19, 2021
Letter to Chairman Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Walberg leads bipartisan letter to FCC on rural broadband deployment
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Jan. 13, 2021
Merkley, Wyden Announce $13.2 Million Broadband Investment for Linn and Polk Counties
Sen. Ron Wyden
Jan. 13, 2021
Merkley, Wyden Announce $13.2 Million Broadband Investment for Linn and Polk Counties
Sen. Jeff Merkley
Jan. 11, 2021
Wyden, Merkley: Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Receive Expanded Access to Wireless Broadband
Sen. Jeff Merkley
Jan. 11, 2021
Wyden, Merkley: Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Receive Expanded Access to Wireless Broadband
Sen. Ron Wyden
Dec. 29, 2020
Letter to Honorable Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Honorable Dick Durbin, Ranking Member on the Senate Appropriations Committee - Following Her Push, Gillibrand Announces $150 Million In Breast Cancer Research Funding Included In FY 2021 Bipartisan Appropriations Package
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Dec. 21, 2020
Wyden Statement Following Treasury and IRS Briefing on SolarWinds Hack
Sen. Ron Wyden
Dec. 20, 2020
Wyden Statement on the Broadband Provisions in COVID Relief Package
Sen. Ron Wyden
Dec. 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Wyden, Grassley Request Immediate IRS Briefing on Whether Taxpayer Data Was Compromised in SolarWinds Hack
Sen. Ron Wyden
Dec. 8, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Janet Dhillon, Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Bennet, Colleagues Call on EEOC to Clarify Authority to Investigate Bias in AI-Driven Hiring Technologies
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Dec. 4, 2020
Letter to ExamSoft - Wyden Calls For Virtual Exam Software Companies to Improve Equity, Accessibility & Privacy For Students
Sen. Ron Wyden
Nov. 19, 2020
Underwood, Wyden Press for Better Oversight of Federal Agencies' Cybersecurity
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Oct. 26, 2020
Wyden, Merkley: Five Oregon Tribes Receive Expanded Access to Wireless Broadband
Sen. Ron Wyden
Oct. 1, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Dir. of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Cortez Masto, Brown Lead Letter to Administration for Failure to Provide Restitution to Veteran Victims of Deceptive Marketing Practices
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 29, 2020
Heinrich Backs Resolution Recognizing Children's Fundamental Rights And Climate Recovery Planning
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Sept. 25, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Oregon Members Demand Answers on Reports of DHS Spying on Portland Protesters' Phones
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 23, 2020
Peters and Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Unplug Internet "Kill Switch' and Protect Civil Liberties
Sen. Ron Wyden, ...
Sept. 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Bennet, Mrkey, Schumer, Cantwell, Van Hollen, Hassan, Schatz Lead Colleagues in Demanding FCC Take Action to Connect Students to Online Learning as School Year Begins
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 17, 2020
Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, Adam Mosseri, Executive of Instagram, and Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube - Durbin Joins Colleagues To Urge Online Platforms To Take Additional Measures To Stop Voting Related Misinformation And Disinformation
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 11, 2020
Letter to Jeff McElfresh, Chief Executive Officer at AT&T Inc., Thomas Rutledge, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Charter Communications, Inc., Jeffery Storey, President and Chief Executive Officer at Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Pat Esser, President and Chief Executive Officer at Cox Communications, Mike Sievery, Chief Executive Officer at T-Mobile, and Hans Vestburg, Chairman an Chief Executive Officer at Verizon Communications Inc. - Bennet, Colleagues Urge Internet Companies to Support Wider Interest Access During COVID-19
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 11, 2020
Letter to Jeff McElfresh, Thomas Rutledge, Pat Esser, Jeffrey Storey, Mike Sievert, Dave Watson, and Hans Vestberg - King Joins Colleagues in Urging Internet Service Providers to Expand Internet Access During Pandemic
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 11, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Wyden, Merkley Call on FCC Chairman to Expeditiously Address the Digital Divide in Indian Country
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Aug. 27, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Call On FCC To Bolster Lifeline Program To Keep Students Connected As The School Year Begins
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Aug. 25, 2020
Heinrich, Climate Crisis Committee Release New Report On Climate Action, Plan To Build Clean Economy For American People
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Aug. 18, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Haaland, Heinrich Call Out FCC for Shortchanging Tribes on Tribal Broadband Application Deadline
Sen. Jeff Merkley, ...
Date
Title
Politician
April 14, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Diana Shaw, Deputy Inspector General at the US Department of State - Wyden Seeks Investigation of Former USAGM CEO Following Whistleblower Complaint
Sen.Ron Wyden
April 6, 2021
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr, President of the United States - Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Funding for Secure 5G Networks
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
April 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. John Stankey, Chief Executive Officer of AT&T - Cassidy, Bipartisan Senators Question Online Ad Exchanges on Sharing Americans' Data with Foreign Companies
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
April 3, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoman of Federal Communications Commission - Senator Hassan, Colleagues Push for Updated Broadband Mapping Data
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
April 2, 2021
Wyden, Bipartisan Senators, Question Online Ad Exchanges on Sharing of Americans' Data with Foreign Companies
Sen.Ron Wyden
April 2, 2021
Wyden Urges FCC to Include State and Local Input in Broadband Buildout
Sen.Ron Wyden
March 31, 2021
Wyden, Merkley: Onward Eugene Awarded $300,000 NSF Grant for Broadband
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
March 30, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoman of Federal Communications Commission - Wyden Urges FCC to Make Rural Broadband a Priority This Year
Sen.Ron Wyden
March 29, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation - Van Hollen, Brown, Klobuchar Request Support for Women in Research Workforce
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
March 26, 2021
Baldwin Joins Colleagues to Introduce Bill to Expand Emergency Broadband Benefit Access
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
March 25, 2021
Wyden and Leading Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Expand Emergency Broadband Benefit Access
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
March 24, 2021
Wyden Statement Mark Zuckerberg's Proposal to Roll Back Section 230
Sen.Ron Wyden
March 18, 2021
Wyden and Leading Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Expand Emergency Broadband Benefit Access
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
March 16, 2021
Keeping Critical Connections Act
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
March 16, 2021
Wyden Co-sponsors Bill to Tackle Homework Gap, Provide Wi-Fi on School Buses
Sen.Ron Wyden
March 11, 2021
Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Access to Affordable High-Speed Internet
Sen.Ron Wyden
March 1, 2021
Congressman Steven Horsford and Senator Ron Wyden Introduce Legislation to Modernize State Unemployment Insurance Systems
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Feb. 26, 2021
TODAY: Bipartisan, Bicameral Vaccine Funding Transparency Legislation Introduced as Health Subcommittee Hearing Reviews COVID-19 Immunizations
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Feb. 22, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Ronald Klain, White House Chief of Staff - Speier, Eshoo and Dozens of Democratic Women Urge White House to Nominate Rosenworcel as FCC Chair
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Feb. 4, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoman of Federal Communications Commission - Gillibrand Calls On FCC To Provide Immediate Emergency Funding For E-Rate Program
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Feb. 4, 2021
Eshoo, Wyden, Gillibrand, Brown, and Hirono Reintroduce Invest in Child Safety Act to Protect Children from Online Exploitation
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Feb. 4, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoma of the Federal Communications Commission - Rosen, Colleagues Urge FCC to Use Existing Authorities to Close the "Homework Gap"
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Feb. 3, 2021
Committee Members Celebrate Vacating of EPA Rule to Censor Science
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Jan. 29, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Rep. Ron Kind Joins Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Calling on the Biden Administration to Take Action to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution
Rep.Suzanne Bonamici, ...
Jan. 29, 2021
Wyden and Booker Question NSA Response Following Supply Chain Hacks of SolarWinds And Juniper Networks
Sen.Ron Wyden
Jan. 19, 2021
Letter to Chairman Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Walberg leads bipartisan letter to FCC on rural broadband deployment
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Jan. 13, 2021
Merkley, Wyden Announce $13.2 Million Broadband Investment for Linn and Polk Counties
Sen.Ron Wyden
Jan. 13, 2021
Merkley, Wyden Announce $13.2 Million Broadband Investment for Linn and Polk Counties
Sen.Jeff Merkley
Jan. 11, 2021
Wyden, Merkley: Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Receive Expanded Access to Wireless Broadband
Sen.Jeff Merkley
Jan. 11, 2021
Wyden, Merkley: Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Receive Expanded Access to Wireless Broadband
Sen.Ron Wyden
Dec. 29, 2020
Letter to Honorable Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Honorable Dick Durbin, Ranking Member on the Senate Appropriations Committee - Following Her Push, Gillibrand Announces $150 Million In Breast Cancer Research Funding Included In FY 2021 Bipartisan Appropriations Package
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Dec. 21, 2020
Wyden Statement Following Treasury and IRS Briefing on SolarWinds Hack
Sen.Ron Wyden
Dec. 20, 2020
Wyden Statement on the Broadband Provisions in COVID Relief Package
Sen.Ron Wyden
Dec. 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Wyden, Grassley Request Immediate IRS Briefing on Whether Taxpayer Data Was Compromised in SolarWinds Hack
Sen.Ron Wyden
Dec. 8, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Janet Dhillon, Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Bennet, Colleagues Call on EEOC to Clarify Authority to Investigate Bias in AI-Driven Hiring Technologies
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Dec. 4, 2020
Letter to ExamSoft - Wyden Calls For Virtual Exam Software Companies to Improve Equity, Accessibility & Privacy For Students
Sen.Ron Wyden
Nov. 19, 2020
Underwood, Wyden Press for Better Oversight of Federal Agencies' Cybersecurity
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Oct. 26, 2020
Wyden, Merkley: Five Oregon Tribes Receive Expanded Access to Wireless Broadband
Sen.Ron Wyden
Oct. 1, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Dir. of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Cortez Masto, Brown Lead Letter to Administration for Failure to Provide Restitution to Veteran Victims of Deceptive Marketing Practices
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 29, 2020
Heinrich Backs Resolution Recognizing Children's Fundamental Rights And Climate Recovery Planning
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Sept. 25, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Oregon Members Demand Answers on Reports of DHS Spying on Portland Protesters' Phones
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 23, 2020
Peters and Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Unplug Internet "Kill Switch' and Protect Civil Liberties
Sen.Ron Wyden, ...
Sept. 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Bennet, Mrkey, Schumer, Cantwell, Van Hollen, Hassan, Schatz Lead Colleagues in Demanding FCC Take Action to Connect Students to Online Learning as School Year Begins
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 17, 2020
Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, Adam Mosseri, Executive of Instagram, and Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube - Durbin Joins Colleagues To Urge Online Platforms To Take Additional Measures To Stop Voting Related Misinformation And Disinformation
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 11, 2020
Letter to Jeff McElfresh, Chief Executive Officer at AT&T Inc., Thomas Rutledge, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Charter Communications, Inc., Jeffery Storey, President and Chief Executive Officer at Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Pat Esser, President and Chief Executive Officer at Cox Communications, Mike Sievery, Chief Executive Officer at T-Mobile, and Hans Vestburg, Chairman an Chief Executive Officer at Verizon Communications Inc. - Bennet, Colleagues Urge Internet Companies to Support Wider Interest Access During COVID-19
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 11, 2020
Letter to Jeff McElfresh, Thomas Rutledge, Pat Esser, Jeffrey Storey, Mike Sievert, Dave Watson, and Hans Vestberg - King Joins Colleagues in Urging Internet Service Providers to Expand Internet Access During Pandemic
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Sept. 11, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Wyden, Merkley Call on FCC Chairman to Expeditiously Address the Digital Divide in Indian Country
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Aug. 27, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Call On FCC To Bolster Lifeline Program To Keep Students Connected As The School Year Begins
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Aug. 25, 2020
Heinrich, Climate Crisis Committee Release New Report On Climate Action, Plan To Build Clean Economy For American People
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
Aug. 18, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Haaland, Heinrich Call Out FCC for Shortchanging Tribes on Tribal Broadband Application Deadline
Sen.Jeff Merkley, ...
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