Tom Harkin: “It's long past time to eliminate bigotry in the workplace and ensure equal opportunity for all Americans.”

I see my friend from Tennessee here on the floor, but I want to take a few minutes on another subject. Today, December 3, is International Disability Rights Day-- International Disability Rights Day. It is observed around the globe as a…

I thank the Senator for her important question. Her understanding is correct. The definition of homeless children and youth found at 42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434A is the definition we intend to apply to homeless children and families where those…

The Protect Student Borrowers Act would hold colleges and universities accountable for student loan defaults by requiring them to repay a percentage of defaulted loans.

As chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, the pension community approached me with their concerns that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation was interpreting section 4062(e) of the Employee Retirement Income…