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Ron Wyden: “Public lands belong to the taxpayers, not corporations, and especially not Donald Trump.”

On the recordOctober 1, 2026
Public lands belong to the taxpayers, not corporations, and especially not Donald Trump.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden introduces legislation to ban data centers on public lands.

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