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Tom Harkin: I agree wholeheartedly with President Obama that rebuilding our manufacturing sector is critical to rebuilding the…

On the recordJuly 25, 2011
I agree wholeheartedly with President Obama that rebuilding our manufacturing sector is critical to rebuilding the middle class.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin supports Obama's view on the importance of manufacturing for the middle class.

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