PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden was a guest on this week's episode of "Straight Talk" for a wide-ranging interview that touched on changes to Medicaid, the Epstein files, President Donald Trump's immigration policies and the pending sale of the Portland Trail Blazers.
Wyden has been representing Oregon in the U.S. Senate since 1996, after previously serving for several years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Wyden is a longtime Trail Blazers fan, and when news of the team's pending sale to Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon broke this week, it was reported that Wyden was among the first to get the news.
He stressed that there's still a process the NBA has to go through before the sale can become official, but he added that "it's a great week to be a Blazer fan" and said h