Tom Harkin actually said...

"Thank you for this invitation."

"As a citizen, I believe this body--Congress--has a long history of working together, on a bi-partisan basis, to create and maintain a level playing field in the workplace."

"The legislation I introduced, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, is intended to return the law to what it was before the Court's decision in Gross v. FBL Financial."

"I am not suggesting and do not mean to imply that a plaintiff in a discrimination case needs some kind of smoking gun in order to prevail."