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Ron Wyden: “Today I have notified the minority leader that I have placed a hold on H.R. 2260, the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999.…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2000
Today I have notified the minority leader that I have placed a hold on H.R. 2260, the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999. This legislation would negate Oregon's physician assisted suicide law which was debated and passed twice by the voters of Oregon.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Announcing a hold on legislation related to physician-assisted suicide.

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