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Tom Harkin: Their commitment is not to those students. The commitment is to the profit side and somehow that has to be righted.

On the recordJune 6, 2011
Their commitment is not to those students. The commitment is to the profit side and somehow that has to be righted.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin criticizes the profit-driven motives of educational institutions over student welfare.

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