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Ron Wyden: “Suffice it to say what we're trying to do is sort of throw out the textbook with respect to a lot of these issues.”

On the recordJune 19, 2013
Suffice it to say what we're trying to do is sort of throw out the textbook with respect to a lot of these issues.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden discusses a new approach to resolving water disputes instead of traditional conflict.

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