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Ron Wyden: “The only thing I would say, Dr. Tyson--my time has expired--on the proposal that Senator Coats and Senator Gregg and I…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
The only thing I would say, Dr. Tyson--my time has expired--on the proposal that Senator Coats and Senator Gregg and I put together which protects those middle-class breaks, the people at Money magazine took our form, 30 lines long, 30-31 lines long, filled it out in 45 minutes.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden references a proposal aimed at protecting middle-class tax breaks.

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