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Ron Wyden: “Those who were here first should not have second-class health care or second-class housing or second-class educations.”

On the recordAugust 11, 2010
Those who were here first should not have second-class health care or second-class housing or second-class educations.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Advocating for equal rights and services for Native Americans.

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