Senator Ron Wyden

Senator Wyden 

Senator Wyden was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1949; however, his hometown is Portland, Oregon. Highly educated at prestigious institutions, Wyden has attended the University of Oregon School of Law for his BA and Stanford University. He has a wife, Nancy, and five kids.

From 1981 to 1996, Wyden served in the United States House of Representatives. He was elected through a special election in 1996 and currently serves as the Senator for Oregon with membership in the Democratic Party. In the election to Senate he succeeded Bob Packwood.

Known as the senator who listens, Wyden has assembled and helped with over 150 bipartisan bills and many coalitions on pressing issues, like health care and tax reform. He believes in principled bipartisanship, which are solutions that allow all parties to stay true to their repective principles and celebrate agreements.

Committees:
Chairman of Energy and Natural Resources - The committee is responsible for some of the most important legislation in Congress. 
Finance -
Chairman of Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness -
Senate Budget Committee -
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence -
Senate Special Committe on Aging -
Senate Joint Committee on Taxation -

2 issues w/ background and discussion:


Sources: http://www.wyden.senate.gov/meet-ron/biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wyden#U.S._House_of_Representatives