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Tom Harkin: “I don't want the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times preaching to me anymore about the modest assistance that we…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
I don't want the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times preaching to me anymore about the modest assistance that we provide to our farmers in America.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin criticizes media coverage of financial assistance to farmers compared to bailouts for banks.

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