Tom Harkin actually said...

I have detected that the Department is interested in this. You are moving ahead, but my senses pick up that there is some hanky-panky going on at OMB that are really, Mr. Chairman, trying to misinterpret the law as we wrote the statute.

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Harkin expresses concerns about OMB's interpretation of the law.

05/08/2003

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