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Ron Wyden: “That would have been one thing. But to just say, there is anticompetitive practices going on, and that is the way it…”

On the recordMay 16, 2001
That would have been one thing. But to just say, there is anticompetitive practices going on, and that is the way it goes, is unacceptable to this Member of Congress.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon
Source
congress.gov
May 16, 2001

Editor's note · Context

Wyden criticizes the FTC's inaction on identified anticompetitive practices.

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