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Sen. Tom Harkin defends political-pork-manure research

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Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin today defended a $1.8-million in the spending bill before the Senate that would continue research on hog manure.

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excerpt 2: "Harkin, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said studying hog manure may seem frivolous, but that it is a serious potential pollutant.

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