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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
none of that comes close to the kind of market-making, incentive-changing activity that you will see by reforming the Tax Code.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the importance of Tax Code reform for health care.

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