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Ron Wyden: “This is a Republican invention. And frankly, as one Democrat, I thought it was a pretty good invention.”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2017
This is a Republican invention. And frankly, as one Democrat, I thought it was a pretty good invention.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden acknowledges the Republican origins of Obamacare while expressing a positive view on its design.

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