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On the recordSeptember 13, 2009
It was Senator Specter who came to me and got my attention on this and suggested that we should indeed have a hearing on it.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin acknowledges Specter's role in initiating the hearing.

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