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On the recordMarch 19, 2007
I do not know why--what is the reason for a 32 percent cut when we have over 60 percent unemployment among people with disabilities.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin questions the reasoning behind cuts to disability employment funding.

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