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Tom Harkin: the President's plan would not--let me be clear--would not be a new Federal entitlement program or a new Federal…

On the recordApril 16, 2013
the President's plan would not--let me be clear--would not be a new Federal entitlement program or a new Federal mandate.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Clarifying that the President's preschool plan isn't a new entitlement.

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