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Tom Harkin: “The abuses are structural, not just a result of lax enforcement.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
The abuses are structural, not just a result of lax enforcement.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes that issues in education are systemic rather than isolated.

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