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On the recordFebruary 4, 2011
We continue to make prudent investments in education, infrastructure, and biomedical research--the things that will help us, as President Obama put it in his State of the Union address, 'to win the future.'
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin stresses the importance of investing in key sectors for future success.

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