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Tom Harkin: I always like it when people cite studies and stuff, but I found in my long career here that when you cite a study…

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
I always like it when people cite studies and stuff, but I found in my long career here that when you cite a study that's been cited by somebody else, been cited by somebody else and cited by somebody else, it's going to take on a life of its own.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Senator Harkin discusses the reliability of cited studies in testimony.

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