Ron (Ron) Wyden (D)
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Capitol: 202.224.5244
FAX: 202.228.2717
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Senator
Room 221 DSOB- Dirksen Senate Office Building Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE
Washington, DC 20510-3703

Residence: Portland, OR
Elected: 1996    Next Election: 2016
Spouse: Nancy Bass   DOB: 5/3/1949
Committee Assignments
ChairmanSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
ChairmanSenate Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
Co-ChairCongressional Nanotechnology Caucus
Co-ChairCongressional Caucus on Wild Salmon
MemberSenate Special Committee on Aging
MemberSenate Committee on Budget
MemberSenate Committee on Finance
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long Term Growth
MemberJoint Committee on Taxation
MemberSenate Select Committee on Intelligence
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
FC MemberWestern States Senate Coalition
FC MemberCongressional Hazards Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Wine Caucus
Ex-OfficioSenate Subcommittee on Water and Power
Ex-OfficioSenate Subcommittee on National Parks
FC MemberBicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
FC MemberSenate Bike Caucus
Ex-OfficioSenate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Ex-OfficioSenate Subcommittee on Energy
FC MemberCongressional Taiwan Caucus
FC MemberSenate Oceans Caucus
FC MemberSenate Taiwan Caucus
FC MemberSenate Rural Education Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Coalition on Adoption
FC MemberSenate Hunger Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
FC MemberSenate General Aviation Caucus
FC MemberSenate India Caucus
FC MemberSenate Caucus on WMD Terrorism
FC MemberCongressional Port Security Caucus
FC MemberSenate Diabetes Caucus
FC MemberSenate Rural Health Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Fire Services Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
FC MemberRenewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
FC MemberSenate National Guard Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Recycling Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Internet Caucus
FC MemberInternational Conservation Caucus (ICC)

Bio

Ron Wyden was first elected to Congress in 1980 to represent Oregon's 3rd District. In 1996, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in a special election, becoming the first U.S. Senator to be elected in a vote-by-mail election. He was sworn in on February 5, 1996, to the seat once held by his mentor, U.S. Senator Wayne Morse. Elected to his second full term in 2004, Senator Wyden received more votes over 1.1 million than any other candidate for office in Oregon's history. He was re-elected in 2010. Born in 1949 in Wichita, Kansas, Senator Wyden attended the University of California at Santa Barbara on a basketball scholarship. He later earned a B.A degree with distinction from Stanford University and received a J.D. degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1974. Following law school, he taught gerontology and co-founded the Oregon chapter of the Gray Panthers, an advocacy group for the elderly. He also served as the director of the Oregon Legal Services for the Elderly from 1977 to 1979 and as a member of the Oregon State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators during that same time period. In the U.S. Senate, Senator Wyden serves on the following committees- Finance, Intelligence, Aging, Budget, and Energy and Natural Resources. On the Energy Committee, he chairs the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. On the Finance Committee, Wyden chairs the Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness. Senator Wyden's home is in Portland. He is married to Nancy Wyden, whom he wed in September 2005. He and Nancy welcomed the arrival of twins, William Peter and Ava Rose, in the fall of 2007. Senator Wyden also has two children, Adam and Lilly, from a previous marriage.