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Tom Harkin: We're overdue in doing our job and taking a look at the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and reauthorizing it for…

On the recordFebruary 6, 2013
We're overdue in doing our job and taking a look at the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and reauthorizing it for another period of time.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the need to reauthorize the education act due to its expiration.

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