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Ron Wyden: “My bottom line is, you cannot have a Big League quality of life, and you certainly cannot have Big League economic…”

On the recordMay 5, 2014
My bottom line is, you cannot have a Big League quality of life, and you certainly cannot have Big League economic growth, with Little League infrastructure.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the importance of infrastructure for economic growth.

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