Tom Harkin: “I have agreed to permit this room to be used by the National Alliance on Aging after this hearing for a press conference…”

I particularly appreciate that the students from Westwood, which closed in 2016, finally have been granted relief.

I introduced the Protect Student Borrowers Act with Senators Durbin, Warren and Murphy--and I want to thank Senator Warren for her great leadership on this issue and many other issues.

We do think that the decisions about what is safe should be made by science and not by politics.

Tomorrow, April 28, is Workers Memorial Day, a day unions and others, here and around the globe, remember those who have been killed, injured, and diseased on the job.