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On the recordMay 5, 2010
The legislation I introduced, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, is intended to return the law to what it was before the Court's decision in Gross v. FBL Financial.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin discusses his legislation aimed at protecting older workers' rights.

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