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Ron Wyden: “We might generate $6 billion/$8 billion worth of projects, and the chairman and colleagues on both sides said, well, it…”

On the recordMay 7, 2012
We might generate $6 billion/$8 billion worth of projects, and the chairman and colleagues on both sides said, well, it is worth a try.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden discusses the potential revenue from Build America Bonds.

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