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Tom Harkin: “I'm concerned if we continue to allow people with disabilities to be treated like second-class citizens when it comes to…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2011
I'm concerned if we continue to allow people with disabilities to be treated like second-class citizens when it comes to transportation access we will not achieve the goals of the ADA and we will not open up the doors to employment to everyone who can work and wants to work.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin expresses concern about transportation access for people with disabilities.

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