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Tom Harkin: Thank you for your long history of support for civil rights.

On the recordNovember 4, 2009
Thank you for your long history of support for civil rights.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin acknowledges Thomas Perez's commitment to civil rights.

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