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On the recordJuly 17, 2017
I hope after it has become clear that the partisan approach, trying to just ram a bill through that raises premiums, hurts those with preexisting conditions, slashes Medicaid--it has now failed twice.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden reflects on the failure of partisan health care legislation.

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