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Tom Harkin: I had offered an amendment that would have had a wellness policy developed by the Institute on Medicine that would have…

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
I had offered an amendment that would have had a wellness policy developed by the Institute on Medicine that would have applied to all schools all over America.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin discusses a failed amendment for a nationwide wellness policy in schools.

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