Tom Harkin: “I don't know if I am much leadership, but I got a lot of support for you. I can put you out there on the point, Mr.…”

We're making some progress. We are. We're better off than we were last year or 20 years ago.

Last year, only 17.6 percent of persons with disabilities had jobs, compared to 64 percent of people without a disability.

I wish to thank Chairman Harkin for his superlative service to the State of Iowa and to our Nation for more than four decades.

I will take about 3 minutes, and I would like to thank my friend from Pennsylvania for being a gentleman and letting me have a few minutes to express myself before he gives his own expression of support for this bill. First of all, I…