Tom Harkin: “And, again, Mr. Secretary, thank you for your appearance here, and thank you for your outstanding stewardship of the…”

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

As a boy growing up in rural Cumming, IA, population 150, I could never have imagined that I would one day serve in Congress. My father had a sixth-grade education. He spent most of his life working in coal mines, and all he had to show…

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

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…