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Tom Harkin: “I think we have a responsibility as a Federal Government to respond to a national, I think, crisis that we have in…”

On the recordMay 19, 2014
I think we have a responsibility as a Federal Government to respond to a national, I think, crisis that we have in families, especially with women and single mothers and single parents in this country.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the government's duty to support families, particularly single parents.

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