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Tom Harkin: I did want to engage in this colloquy because of the history of the circuit judges. But, more specifically, everybody is…

On the recordSeptember 26, 2000
I did want to engage in this colloquy because of the history of the circuit judges. But, more specifically, everybody is now talking about the Violence Against Women Act and how it needs to be reauthorized. That must be done. Yet everybody is falling all over themselves. The House passed it today with 415 votes in the House.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

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