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On the recordMarch 16, 2016
I am not going to be participating in any celebration of people suffering, because the CO-OPs were tied up in a congressionally induced economic straightjacket.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the situation surrounding CO-OPs and its impact on people.

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