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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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