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On the recordApril 9, 2014
Without such Federal support I fear our progress, despite the valiant effort of cash-strapped States, will be far too slow to achieve the improvement in scale we need.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin warns that without federal support, progress in early childhood education will be slow.

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