Tom Harkin actually said...

"what we are really doing with this Federal takeover of the student loan program is borrowing money from 19 million students."

"to support State and local efforts to help children learn what it means to be an American and finding a dedicated stream of funding for that."

"We may hold the record open for a while here to have some written questions from Senators who were not able to be here because of schedule conflicts."

"I urge the Senate to support similar education jobs relief to save teachers and protect the futures of students."