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Tom Harkin: “If it was good enough for me, why isn't it good enough for students today?”

On the recordJuly 23, 2014
If it was good enough for me, why isn't it good enough for students today?
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the disparity in student loan interest rates between generations.

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