Tom Harkin: “But to cut the budget by taking job opportunities away from the poorest Iowans is bad math and in some ways just plain…”

will the Senator from Tennessee yield? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

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

I ask unanimous consent that Leela Baggett, Vincent Brown, and Naomi Pitkin, interns with the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

as I approach the end of my Senate career, I cannot help but reflect on the role that my tremendous staff members have played in advancing my policy goals and, indeed, advancing the important work the American people over the years. I have…