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Ron Wyden: “The proposed Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act is not the bill I would have…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
The proposed Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act is not the bill I would have written.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden acknowledges the bill's compromises and collective agreement.

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