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On the recordJune 16, 2010
They said almost always that is going to be wrong. So start with the presumption and then run through the test.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley emphasizes the importance of presuming employees are employees unless proven otherwise.

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