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On the recordOctober 31, 2017
With the current fascist leadership of Russia enthusiastically undermining our democracy, America must defend the values that made us great and aggressively confront this espionage and the enemies that sponsor it.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the need to confront Russian interference in American democracy.

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