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Ron Wyden: “You now have to go in there and drain the swamp, and America has heard you say, this morning, to your credit, that that…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
You now have to go in there and drain the swamp, and America has heard you say, this morning, to your credit, that that is priority No. 1.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the need for Ken Salazar to reform the Department of Interior.

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