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Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed witnesses, including the CEO of the largest U.S. refiner, to explain why consumers have failed to…
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement following an Inspector General report on allegations that the Bonneville Power…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to reports of a devastating fire that claimed the lives…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today introduced legislation to promote a more diverse mix of transportation fuels, cut consumer costs and reduce Americans’…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today pressed the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to take immediate steps to increase…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., today introduced legislation that will reduce energy use by helping homeowners install energy efficiency retrofits to their homes….
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for a new solution to water issues in the Klamath Basin, including possible federal legislation, to lower costs and address the…
Washington, D.C. – Oregon Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today applauded the passage of legislation through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that would expand wild…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the committee’s passage of eleven public lands bills that would protect wilderness areas, increase access…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded a commitment made by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to provide technical assistance as Wyden develops…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today urged federal agencies to do more to reduce the severity of major wildfires by treating more…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement regarding the announcement that Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Angus King, I-Maine, yesterday introduced the Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today encouraged industry leaders, environmentalists and members on both sides of the aisle to build on a…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today emphasized the importance of updating the Department of Energy’s application process for liquefied natural gas exports…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Al Franken, D-Minn., pressed the nation’s top energy official to act quickly to address recent spikes in gasoline prices in the Midwest,…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following comment in response to the Department of Energy’s approval of an export license for…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked the Justice Department to investigate whether alleged price manipulation by three major oil companies in…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced the committee passed bills to promote geothermal power, authorize a new wastewater treatment plant in…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement after the Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Dr. Ernest Moniz to be the Secretary of…
Washington, D.C. – Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the formation of a working group to come up with solutions to adding natural gas to the transportation sector, while addressing…
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today is inviting stakeholders and others to submit comments in advance of a planned Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on water issues…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced the committee favorably reported five bills that would encourage the growth of hydropower and spur…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised the U.S. Forest Service for its announcement that it plans to award contracts for seven next…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged the White House to speed up approval of contracts that will reduce federal energy consumption while…