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Tom Harkin: “Sixteen billion dollars would have done a heck of a lot for schools in this country.”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
Sixteen billion dollars would have done a heck of a lot for schools in this country.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the impact of the dropped funding on schools.

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