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Tom Harkin: “That is not going to happen. I will make absolutely certain that not one more nickel is taken out of the PPHF for…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
That is not going to happen. I will make absolutely certain that not one more nickel is taken out of the PPHF for anything outside than what it was intended for.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin asserts that funds from the PPHF will not be redirected.

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