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Tom Harkin: “First of all, it was a $5 billion raid last year on Prevention Funds.”

On the recordApril 23, 2013
First of all, it was a $5 billion raid last year on Prevention Funds.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin highlights significant cuts to the Prevention Fund by the Obama Administration.

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