Tom Harkin actually said...

I just want to say to my friend from Arkansas that some years ago, back in the 1990s, I and my other colleagues from Iowa provided startup funding for AP online, advanced placement courses online, because we have small towns like you do, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas.

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Harkin discusses funding for online AP courses to help small towns access education.

04/16/2013

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