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Ron Wyden: “I think the kind of thing we saw on the front page of the New York Times is a little bit different than a deduction to…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
I think the kind of thing we saw on the front page of the New York Times is a little bit different than a deduction to loaves and fishes in Portland, Oregon, where we are trying to help seniors who are walking on an economic tightrope.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the disparity between large deductions and local charitable efforts.

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