Tom Harkin actually said...

"If we want at the very least to preserve the existing middle class, we have to continue to extend unemployment benefits."

"we can't have a strong economy without a strong middle class, and we won't have a sustainable economic recovery without the recovery of our middle class."

"My highest priority is to get Americans back to work as part of a stable, secure middle class."

"Access to affordable health care coverage means that middle-class workers are no longer one injury or illness away from financial ruin and descent into poverty."