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Ron Wyden: “We apply State contract law to these economic losses. What we say is, you get your economic loss under current law if…”

On the recordJune 9, 1999
We apply State contract law to these economic losses. What we say is, you get your economic loss under current law if your State law lets you. The Senator from Massachusetts is absolutely right. There is a sincere difference of opinion here. We are saying economic losses should be governed by State contract law. The Senator from Massachusetts says that he would like to go with a different concept. That is the difference of opinion here.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the application of state contract law to economic losses during a Senate debate.

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