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Tom Harkin: I understand it also includes staff salaries. These costs can hardly be called an emergency.

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
I understand it also includes staff salaries. These costs can hardly be called an emergency.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin critiques the classification of ongoing costs as emergency expenses.

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