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Tom Harkin: I think the taxpayers of this country would not mind paying a little bit more in their taxes or the wealthy or the…

On the recordApril 1, 2014
I think the taxpayers of this country would not mind paying a little bit more in their taxes or the wealthy or the corporations, everybody, to know that this was going to help NIH and that is where the money was going.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin advocates for increased taxes to support NIH funding.

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