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On the recordAugust 2, 2011
Over a year ago, Senator Barrasso and three of my colleagues, Senator Enzi, Senator Merkley, and Senator Feinstein and I wrote to the Secretary asking that the Department expedite the soda ash royalty study.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden discusses a letter sent to expedite a study on soda ash royalties.

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