It is hard to miss the irony in the fact that the very same week that Republicans were publicly heralding Congressman Paul Ryan's plan to inject market forces into the American health care system, they were crafting a budget deal to strip them from the health reform law.

Wyden joined in questioning the use of drones. " calling it a "complete and total waste of taxpayers' dollars" and noting that the transmissions would cost $21. In 2003 Wyden joined with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Trent Lott (R-MS) to help pass the Bush Administration's Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act.

Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden (born May 3 1949) is the senior United States Senator for Oregon serving since 1996 and a member of the Democratic Party.