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Tom Harkin: Let me repeat that: the taxpayers' investment is $24 billion a year.

On the recordSeptember 29, 2010
Let me repeat that: the taxpayers' investment is $24 billion a year.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the significant taxpayer investment in for-profit education.

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