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On the recordJune 5, 2013
He was a great friend, if I just might interrupt, and a wonderful member of this subcommittee and the full Appropriations Committee, so we worked together all these years.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin reflects on his friendship and collaboration with Lautenberg.

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