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Tom Harkin: “I have never known it to be a partisan issue. I have purposely not attacked the President, the Republicans, or anyone…”

On the recordMay 12, 2004
I have never known it to be a partisan issue. I have purposely not attacked the President, the Republicans, or anyone else for this. No one on our side has on this point, and we are not attacking anyone. So I refuse to look upon this as any kind of partisan issue. You can go back and look at who did what when, and all that, but what I want to focus on is the here and now. Where are we now? What did Congress promise? What kind of situation are we in? Let's look at the future. I am sorry somebody is trying to put this in a partisan framework. It has never been that way.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the bipartisan nature of disability policy in response to claims about partisan attacks.

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