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Ron Wyden: “Standard and Poor's has now said that this bill would cost 580,000 jobs in 2027--580,000 jobs--so that is something we…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2017
Standard and Poor's has now said that this bill would cost 580,000 jobs in 2027--580,000 jobs--so that is something we certainly want to look into.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden warns about job losses projected from the proposed bill.

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