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Tom Harkin: We are faced here, as we in business occasionally are, with a transformational investment opportunity.

On the recordApril 9, 2014
We are faced here, as we in business occasionally are, with a transformational investment opportunity.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin compares early childhood education funding to a critical business investment opportunity.

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