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Tom Harkin: Well, we just had that in a hearing the other day about that, about how--first of all, a lot of physical ailments that…

On the recordJanuary 26, 2009
Well, we just had that in a hearing the other day about that, about how--first of all, a lot of physical ailments that we have in our society are traceable back to mental illnesses that people have.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin links physical ailments to untreated mental health issues from youth.

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