Tom Harkin

The Biden Administration has taken some important steps to right those wrongs, discharging student loans for borrowers who were not able to graduate.

Tomorrow, April 28, is Workers Memorial Day, a day unions and others, here and around the globe, remember those who have been killed, injured, and diseased on the job.

Our institution's performance, measured by student withdrawal and default rates, is one of the best of any examined, and it appears that students are faring well at this degree-based college.

The Protect Student Borrowers Act would hold colleges and universities accountable for student loan defaults by requiring them to repay a percentage of defaulted loans.

I introduced the Protect Student Borrowers Act with Senators Durbin, Warren and Murphy--and I want to thank Senator Warren for her great leadership on this issue and many other issues.

We do think that the decisions about what is safe should be made by science and not by politics.

I look forward to her speedy confirmation.

I thank my dear friend and colleague, long-standing in the Senate and in the House before, and to thank the Senator for her intellectual and energetic leadership on all issues concerning the environment and the health of our people and the…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on November 20, 2014, at 1 p.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Why Are Some Generic Drugs…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on November 20, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Hearing on the nomination…

Again, I thank the Senator for this clarifying question. Under this bill, State plans must include a certification that there are in effect in the State requirements that include the establishment of a grace period that allows homeless…

I thank the Senator for her important question. Her understanding is correct. The definition of homeless children and youth found at 42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434A is the definition we intend to apply to homeless children and families where those…

I look forward to working with Senator Alexander to move these nominees quickly so they can get to work ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for every American worker.

Throughout my career, I have been guided by the vision of an America that is compassionate, just, and inclusive, a society where the government provides a ladder, or sometimes a ramp, of opportunity that will give all people equal access…

While I am optimistic that our amendments to the Rehabilitation Act, contained in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014...

Too many employment decisions are based on insidious stereotypes and prejudices rather than an employee's talent, ability, and qualifications.

These important guarantees, however, are not self-enforcing. They're only as strong as the agency charged with enforcing them, and that's the EEOC.

Over 60 percent of people with disabilities who can work and want to work are not employed.

We're making some progress. We are. We're better off than we were last year or 20 years ago.

Thank you very much, Mr. Lauer.

The bill called the Community Integration Act that I introduced earlier this year to get rid of the Medicaid institutional bias--well, it's there.

I'm retiring from the Senate but not from the fight.

Last year, only 17.6 percent of persons with disabilities had jobs, compared to 64 percent of people without a disability.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will please come to order.