Tom Harkin actually said...

"If you want the best, it costs something, in terms of the best scientists, the best brains, the best technologies, the best equipment."

"We are not going to savage other functions in education, health, labor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others, which are already at minimal levels."

"Well, we have made significant progress since ADA and access to entertainment technologies. But again, we need to go further."

"television was a pervasive means of sharing information in our society, and therefore a vital link to our world."