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Tom Harkin: “I've been preaching this for 25 years, that some of this health insurance money that we spend ought to go for research.”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
I've been preaching this for 25 years, that some of this health insurance money that we spend ought to go for research.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin advocates for allocating health insurance funds to medical research.

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