Tom Harkin actually said...

We need to maintain investments that are critical to the future of our American family, even as we reduce spending overall.

I will also insist on adequate funding for critical initiatives that help Iowans and all Americans to get a good education.

the allocation your office helped us with to continue this work did not pass the house in the omnibus bill

We know that in the years immediately ahead, we must take aggressive and painful and unpopular steps to bring this deficit under control.