Tom Harkin actually said...

No Child Left Behind ought to mean that we are not leaving them behind in their health either.

Harkin emphasizes the importance of including health in educational goals.

01/12/2009

More Tom Harkin Quotes

Investing in foreign languages and international studies will help reinforce that investment mentality which our young people need.

The educational system that was sufficiently good for the economy of the 1960s... is not good enough for the economy of the 21st Century.

I would like to delve into that a little bit more, and I'll do it with a written question.

I just want to clear up--maybe I misspoke or I may have left a wrong impression.