Tom Harkin actually said...

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

Emphasizes the importance of the middle class for economic growth.

03/13/2013

More Tom Harkin Quotes

We need to recommit ourselves to having schools be commercial-free zones for kids.

We do know about the extreme connection between obesity and health.

It seems to me that the essential underlying feature of having a healthy country is having healthy kids.

Chairman Harkin did a tremendous job, along with the staff, in really teeing up what we need to do on child nutrition.