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On the recordFebruary 4, 2010
Let me put one thing to rest here. No one on Wage Watch was authorized to enter any business unless the business owner agreed to that. The only exception is if the public was allowed. Sure, they could go into a department store or a restaurant or someplace such as that where the general public went. But they could not go into any business without the business owner's permission, and they could do nothing other than what the general public can do right now. We need more people doing what these volunteers were doing and making sure that people's rights are respected.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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