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Tom Harkin: I feel like I can speak authoritatively on this issue because I received my medical degree from Meharry Medical College.

On the recordMarch 19, 2007
I feel like I can speak authoritatively on this issue because I received my medical degree from Meharry Medical College.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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congress.gov
Mar 19, 2007

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Harkin discusses his personal experience with minority health institutions.

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