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Jeff Merkley: “We were in the middle of a tremendous economic collapse”

On the recordNovember 20, 2014
We were in the middle of a tremendous economic collapse
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley reflects on the economic crisis during his arrival in the Senate.

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