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Ron Wyden: “But if Senator McConnell decides to follow the same template he did on health care, where he brought in a handful of…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
But if Senator McConnell decides to follow the same template he did on health care, where he brought in a handful of five or six--turns out to be all Senators who look like me, different party, but look like me--join with a few drug company, insurance company lobbyists, and then write the bill behind closed doors, he is going to have a hell of a fight on his hands, and we know that.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes McConnell's approach to healthcare legislation and warns of a backlash.

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