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Tom Harkin: “the Senator from Arizona never mentioned the projects in Arizona in the amount of $6.7 million. Let me read a couple…”

On the recordDecember 20, 2001
the Senator from Arizona never mentioned the projects in Arizona in the amount of $6.7 million. Let me read a couple: University of Arizona for a border health initiative. There is one for Pima Community College in Arizona for minority students to attend college. There is the Pima County Department of Health and the University of Arizona. Here is one for Herd Museum in Phoenix to develop exhibits and educational programs about the historic Phoenix Indian School and the Native Americans who attended the school. Does the Senator want us to knock all those out? Mr. McCAIN. Absolutely. I have opposed every earmarked project for my State, and I have done so for all the years I have been here. I am sorry the Senator from Iowa doesn't know that.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing earmarked projects in Arizona during a Senate debate.

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