Tom Harkin: “Yes, how do people afford to do this?”

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

I am proud to introduce my comprehensive proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the main law governing institutions of higher education in this country. My bill, the Higher Education Affordability Act, is the product of…

To get our good neighbors, the Canadians, to the north to start moving away from the development of the tar sands, both for their good and for the good of our planet. I don't want to keep digging the grave for our grandkids. I cannot vote…

I thank the Presiding Officer. I thank my friend and colleague from Connecticut for his very excellent, profound statement and for taking a leadership position on this very crucial issue. It is obviously well known I am retiring in 3…