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Ron Wyden: “This is an extraordinarily important time for our country, colleagues, because there is a longstanding principal of…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
This is an extraordinarily important time for our country, colleagues, because there is a longstanding principal of pension law that says you do not take away benefits that our workers have earned.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the importance of protecting workers' pension benefits.

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