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On the recordMarch 2, 2011
We just cannot put rural communities in this place where a, I don't think a lot of them are going to survive.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden expresses concern for the survival of rural communities under current policies.

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