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Tom Harkin: We know that in the years immediately ahead, we must take aggressive and painful and unpopular steps to bring this…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2011
We know that in the years immediately ahead, we must take aggressive and painful and unpopular steps to bring this deficit under control.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the need for tough measures to control the deficit.

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