Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has led a public crusade to demand that the Biden administration push Big Tech’s anti-regulation agenda worldwide — despite the fact his wife owns up to $3 million worth of stock in major tech companies that could benefit from the effort, according to financial disclosure records.
Wyden has long been an ally of the tech industry, and his wife is quite wealthy. Ethics experts tell Rolling Stone that the situation does not violate any laws or congressional ethics rules, but could pose a conflict of interest.
A Wyden spokesperson disputed that notion,...
Wyden has long been an ally of the tech industry, and his wife is quite wealthy. Ethics experts tell Rolling Stone that the situation does not violate any laws or congressional ethics rules, but could pose a conflict of interest.
A Wyden spokesperson disputed that notion,...
- 2/24/2024
- by Andrew Perez
- Rollingstone.com
As the U.S. vaccination rates rise, the White House unveiled its plan to distribute 25 million vaccine doses from its federal pool of supply to other countries in need.
“As long as this pandemic is raging anywhere in the world, the American people will still be vulnerable,” Biden said in a statement. “And the United States is committed to bringing the same urgency to international vaccination efforts that we have demonstrated at home.”
The majority of the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson doses, 19 million, will be sent to the Covax global vaccine aid program.
“As long as this pandemic is raging anywhere in the world, the American people will still be vulnerable,” Biden said in a statement. “And the United States is committed to bringing the same urgency to international vaccination efforts that we have demonstrated at home.”
The majority of the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson doses, 19 million, will be sent to the Covax global vaccine aid program.
- 6/3/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
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