Tom Harkin actually said...

I have seen firsthand her ability to work on both sides of the aisle and to engage the disability community, business leaders, Republicans, ...

They are a test of our character, but they are also a test of Professor Feldblum's commitment to opposing discrimination in all of its forms...

While much progress has been made in recent decades, discrimination in the workplace persists.

I have long believed that disability rights are one of the greatest civil rights challenges facing our modern Nation.