Tom Harkin: “How we do that obviously can vary from time to time, generation to generation, but the idea that we are here to promote…”

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 am proud to introduce my comprehensive proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the main law governing institutions of higher education in this country. My bill, the Higher Education Affordability Act, is the product of…

I see my friend from Tennessee here on the floor, but I want to take a few minutes on another subject. Today, December 3, is International Disability Rights Day-- International Disability Rights Day. It is observed around the globe as a…

I thank my friend. I remember Dr. Andrew Weil, who is very well known in this country and a good friend of mine, once made the statement sometime ago in a hearing that the default state of the human body is to be healthy. The body wants to…