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On the recordAugust 4, 2009
Who does this? Who is charged with the responsibility of coming up with standards that have to be met so we don't have people out there that don't know what they're doing, trying to treat people?
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin questions the accountability for establishing treatment standards.

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