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Tom Harkin: “This place, this Senate, this Congress, however much you may read to the contrary in the newspapers and the media, it…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
This place, this Senate, this Congress, however much you may read to the contrary in the newspapers and the media, it does respond to you.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin reassures that Congress responds to public pressure and advocacy.

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