But I think our responsibility is twofold: one, to look at what's happening to the lowest income students in this country, what's happening to their lives; and then our obligation to protect taxpayers, what's happening to the taxpayers' money?
Harkin emphasizes the dual responsibility to students and taxpayers in education funding.
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