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Tom Harkin: We can't just respond to something simply because it is popular in the press right now.

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
We can't just respond to something simply because it is popular in the press right now.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Tom Harkin stresses the need for proactive measures over reactive responses.

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