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Ron Wyden: “If the Federal government can bail out our automobile companies and banks, it cannot support bailing out the timber…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2009
If the Federal government can bail out our automobile companies and banks, it cannot support bailing out the timber industry in Montana?
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden questioned the government's support for the timber industry compared to other bailouts.

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