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Ron Wyden: “The real flexibility created by the bill is the option for States to do worse.”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2017
The real flexibility created by the bill is the option for States to do worse.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden explains the negative implications of the bill's flexibility for states.

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