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Tom Harkin: The farm bill was not exactly the bill that I would have written, and I think everybody on the Senate and House…

On the recordJune 3, 2009
The farm bill was not exactly the bill that I would have written, and I think everybody on the Senate and House Agriculture Committee's would say the same thing.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin acknowledges the need for compromises in the farm bill.

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