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Ron Wyden: “Gasoline prices for consumers are reflecting the highest percentage of their budget that they have all the way back to…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2013
Gasoline prices for consumers are reflecting the highest percentage of their budget that they have all the way back to the 1980s.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the significant burden of gasoline prices on consumer budgets.

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