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On the recordMay 5, 2010
What disturbs me lately, however, is the rhetoric that attaches itself to such efforts.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin expresses concern over the negative rhetoric surrounding legislative responses to court decisions.

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