Tom Harkin actually said...

"What do we know works for treating autism--we talked about this applied behavior therapy, seems to be successful. But, how early an age can you start that?"

"Well, I guess what I don't understand is how you can have a study involving hundreds of thousands of children and all with the same number of vaccines, because they're all getting the same number, bef..."

"Yes, I get confused when we get into this area, because I just wanted to focus on the number of vaccines, and the fact that they're all given together, a lot of times, before the age of 2."

"Well, that is true. And that is why I say--we have got to do both--the research on the causes and the triggers, but also interventions."