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Ron Wyden: “The West Coast groundfish industry has just been flattened, and Senator Gordon Smith and I have a buyback bill.”

On the recordMay 9, 2002
The West Coast groundfish industry has just been flattened, and Senator Gordon Smith and I have a buyback bill.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon
Source
congress.gov
May 9, 2002

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact on the West Coast groundfish industry and a proposed buyback bill.

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