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Tom Harkin: My friend, the late Senator Paul Wellstone, and, again, along with my friend, Senator Pete Domenici, fought for years to…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2013
My friend, the late Senator Paul Wellstone, and, again, along with my friend, Senator Pete Domenici, fought for years to try to enact the Mental Health Parity Act.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin highlights the efforts of Wellstone and Domenici in passing mental health legislation.

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