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Tom Harkin: But to have the administration, the current administration come up with rules that have nothing to do with what our…

On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
But to have the administration, the current administration come up with rules that have nothing to do with what our intent was is extremely frustrating.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Tom Harkin expresses frustration over the administration's rules diverging from the original intent of the farm bill.

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