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Tom Harkin: Mr. Secretary, you did the right thing. It was not popular, but doing something popular is not always right, and doing…

On the recordMarch 6, 2003
Mr. Secretary, you did the right thing. It was not popular, but doing something popular is not always right, and doing something right is not always popular.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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congress.gov
Mar 6, 2003

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Support for the Secretary's decision on VA health care enrollments.

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