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Tom Harkin: As a nation, we are faced with the daunting task of stabilizing and reversing this costly epidemic.

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
As a nation, we are faced with the daunting task of stabilizing and reversing this costly epidemic.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Tom Harkin emphasizes the urgent need to combat the obesity epidemic.

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