AMNews: Sept. 23, 2009, 2009. Harkin new head of Senate health committee ... American Medical News

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Senate Democrats moved quickly to fill the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chair vacated by the late August death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D, Mass.). Sen. Tom Harkin (D, Iowa) took over the helm.

The five-term Iowa senator has championed legislation advancing nutrition, preventive health care and the rights of people with disabilities.

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