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Ron Wyden: “This fight seems to have been the longest running battle since the Trojan War to do something that, frankly, is…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
This fight seems to have been the longest running battle since the Trojan War to do something that, frankly, is important so that this country does not have a moral blot that we have to explain, that somehow we are looking the other way in the face of forced or slave labor.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the importance of addressing forced labor in U.S. imports.

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