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Ron Wyden: “I was telling Senator Murkowski I came to the U.S. Senate in 1996, the first new senator from Oregon in 30 years.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
I was telling Senator Murkowski I came to the U.S. Senate in 1996, the first new senator from Oregon in 30 years.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden reflects on his long tenure in the Senate and its implications.

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