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On the recordMarch 2, 2016
When you are a worker caught up in an awful situation like this, it has to just curdle your blood when you hear some callous line from an executive about how it is 'only business.'
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden expresses empathy for workers affected by corporate decisions to move jobs overseas.

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