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Tom Harkin

We Must Lower the Price of Gas

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

May 11, 2006
Tom talks about his plan to lower gas prices. He also says good-bye to a departing staffer.

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File Type: mp3
File Size: 3.98MB
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds

Bill Frist must allow HR 810, the Stem Cell Bill to be voted on.

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

May 4, 2006
Tom talks about Stem Cell research and why Bill Frist will not allow the Stem Cell bill, HR 810, to come up for a vote in the Senate.

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File Size: 2.73MB
Duration: 2 minutes 58 seconds

People with Disabilities and the struggle during disasters like Katrina. High Gas Prices

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

April 28, 2006
Tom talks about the additional problems faced by people with disabilities in disasters like Katrina. Tom also talks about the high gas prices and the failure of the Bush Administration to do anything to help. Including Bush budget cuts that have hurt efforts to get more ethanol and other biofuels to market and opposition to requirements for cars to get better gas mileage.

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File Size: 6.97MB
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds

Dana Reeve was a Campion for those with Spinal Cord Injuries

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

March 9, 2006
Tom talks about Dana Reeve and her work to create awareness of spinal cord injuries, her fight to find money for research and for the care of people with spinal cord injuries, and her support of Stem Cell Research. Tom also talks about the promotion of the Government use of Biobased products.

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File Size: 5.05MB
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds

Bush Cuts to Education

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

March 2, 2006
Talks talks about cuts to education in the Bush Budget.

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File Size: 3.62MB
Duration: 3 minutes 57 seconds

Bush Blocks Compensation for Cold War Heroes

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

February 16, 2006
Tom talks about the Whitehouse memo that exposes the Bush Administration's shameful attempt to make it difficult for Ames lab workers to make claims for compensation for the cancers they got as a result of working with nuclear materials during the Manhattan Project. Tom also talks about his new proposed program, the "Competative and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006."

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File Size: 4.02MB
Duration: 4 minutes 23 seconds

State of the Union

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

February 2, 2006
Tom talks about the pledges President Bush made in his State of the Union address.

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File Type: mp3
File Size: 4.37MB
Duration: 4 minutes 46 seconds

Medicare Drug Plan

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

January 26, 2006
Tom talks about the unnecessarily complicated Medicare drug plan designed by the Bush Administration and insurance companies. Tom also talks about Bush's proposed tax cuts for the wealthy.

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File Type: mp3
File Size: 4.68MB
Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds

Judge Alito

Submitted by tom.harkin on Sun, 2006-09-17 21:16.

January 19, 2006
Tom talks about Judge Alito.

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File Size: 6.58MB
Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds

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