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Ron Wyden: “Right at the heart of this debate is reducing the distortions, the economic distortions, that are brought about through…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
Right at the heart of this debate is reducing the distortions, the economic distortions, that are brought about through this economic straightjacket of a tax code that we have today.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Stresses the importance of addressing economic distortions in the current tax code.

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