Tom Harkin actually said...

I am glad to see that you have kept the mandatory funding levels for other programs like the CRP and CSP.

Harkin appreciates the maintained funding for certain conservation programs.

06/03/2009

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The middle class is the backbone of our economy, and we have to grow that middle class to have a growing economy.

If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation since 1968, today it would be $10.56.

We need to do more to support these workers as they try to build opportunity for their families and their futures.

A fair minimum wage that is predictable, with modest increases that keep wages steadily growing in pace with inflation, rather than falling ...