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On the recordMarch 22, 2010
The worker protection measures that you have talked about are heartwarming. It's about time that we recognize what has happened in the past.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin praises the focus on worker protection and acknowledges past neglect.

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