Tom Harkin actually said...

"We are in the business of educating kids and not letting them play on monkey bars."

"You have a big job ahead of you. I don't think there is any Secretary whose decisions, whose statements, public posture has more effect on the American people intimately than yours."

"The Secretary of Education, along with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, they have the task of defining America, who we are and what we are as a people and how we progress and what kind of s..."

"Working men and women in this country are facing tougher economic times than we've seen in our lifetimes."