Sen. Ron Wyden was in the KOIN studios on Sunday
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — US Sen. Ron Wyden will take part in the 21st annual business summit in Portland on Monday, which he described as “a major opportunity to lay out big issues.”
Wyden. who came to the KOIN 6 News studios for an exclusive interview, said he’s keeping his eye on agriculture as a way to grow the economy.
Watch the full interview with Sen. Ron Wyden in the video player above.
“Trade is so important — particularly ag trade — the Asian markets are very lucatrative. We’re seeing that’s connected in transportation,” Wyden said. “Yesterday (Saturday) I was in Coos Bay. We have shipping capacity limits all over the West. If we get that port, we’ll be able to send more ag and more products. That will be good for our economy.”
Wyden will be joined at the leadership summit by Gov. Tina Kotek, Mayor Ted Wheeler, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson along with business leaders. Among the topics will be revitalizing Portland by addressing critical housing and infrastructure needs.
“Oregonians want to see their elected officials and community leaders come out swinging on the big issues which are creating more jobs, driving down inflation, and safer streets,” said Wyden.
He said businesses can’t thrive unless people want to be here. That’s why he’s getting the feds involved in making the streets safer and targeting the drug crisis, “in particular, fentanyl.”
“We had a big bust a few days ago (in Oregon). I’m concerned abut the shppping of fentayl in small packages. I’ll be talking about making the streets safer and particularly the federal role in reducing this fentanyl,” Wyden said.
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