Tom Harkin actually said...

"I don't believe our country has ever gone wrong when we expand civil rights. Never."

"Every year numerous qualified, hard-working Americans are denied job opportunities, are terminated, or experience on-the-job discrimination merely because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgend..."

"It is my intention to move this legislation."

"It's time, I believe, at long last for us to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well."