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On the recordJuly 15, 2004
Because it is my opinion, having been, you know, in Agriculture--I've been chairman and ranking member of that committee--and also here, that your Department needs to have the majority of input into designing that food pyramid.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin asserts the need for his Department's input in food pyramid design.

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