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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 8, 2009

Perhaps we need to more narrowly define what people with disabilities are eligible for this.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 8, 2009

14(c) applications have to be renewed every 2 years.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 8, 2009

I think this is even more urgent than it has been.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 8, 2009

For too long, we have been complacent about the potential for abuse and exploitation of people with disabilities as well as other vulnerable populations in the workplace.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 8, 2009

I would like to know, just if there is any data on how many are ever denied.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 3, 2009

I had offered an amendment that would have had a wellness policy developed by the Institute on Medicine that would have applied to all schools all over America.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 3, 2009

I hope this administration, I hope the Obama administration and I hope others will start talking about a national effort to provide support for new mothers in the workplace.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 3, 2009

Well, listen, thank you all very much. This has been a great panel and I thank you for your leadership in this area, all of you, in this whole area.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 3, 2009

I just wonder if--I am proud of what you have done. ... if we want to replicate what you are doing around the country, I wonder if we need to have some more financial incentives or bonuses.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 3, 2009

And one word I would add is how we leverage, leveraging money.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 3, 2009

I was one of the honorary co-chairs of the National Breastfeeding Coalition.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Mar 3, 2009

Well, I just raise the question, if 16 percent is the mean on this, then I raise the question of why other school districts can't meet the mean if they are higher than that.

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