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On the recordJune 7, 2017
The budget math is fake, but the extreme agenda that would deprive millions of Americans of access to health care and wipe out living standards is not.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Condemnation of the budget's impact on healthcare access.

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