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Tom Harkin: I've often said children are not just little adults. They're different.

On the recordJanuary 23, 2013
I've often said children are not just little adults. They're different.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the differences in treatment between children and adults.

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