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Ron Wyden: “I still don't understand how an economically depressed community with few resources is going to be able to compete with…”

On the recordJune 16, 2009
I still don't understand how an economically depressed community with few resources is going to be able to compete with commercial developers.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden questions the ability of a struggling community to compete economically.

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