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On the recordJune 9, 1999
If the Senator can show me something in those 2 rac{1}{2} pages that indicates that a plaintiff could not recover through their State contract law economic losses, I guarantee myself, Senator Dodd, and Senator McCain are interested in working with the Senator on it. We cannot find anything. We have precedence and we have a legal analysis that backs up our point of view.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Responding to concerns about economic losses and state contract law during a Senate debate.

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