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On the recordMarch 9, 2010
I wrote that a decade ago. A Democratic president didn't really want to sign it, and I got it reauthorized in the last Congress when a Republican president didn't want to sign it.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden discusses his bipartisan efforts on timber payments legislation.

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