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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
While I'm very supportive of technology and putting more things online... it just doesn't reach, I think, a big segment of the population out there that are elderly.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the limitations of technology for elderly populations in rural areas.

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