Tom Harkin actually said...

"I met a lot of them last summer, in my own home State, and we had a meeting March 9."

"Well-educated Americans are the single most important factor in maintaining our productivity and global leadership."

"President Obama has set an ambitious goal for Americans to reclaim the world's highest rate of college attainment by 2020."

"Reauthorization gives us the opportunity to move beyond just identifying long-standing gaps in opportunity and achievement."