Political Quotes

On the recordApril 1, 2014
I say, 'Well, that is not a legitimate question to ask of basic research.'
Said by
Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Harkin defends the open-ended nature of basic research funding.

Share & report

More from Tom Harkin

Nov 17, 2014

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on November 20, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Hearing on…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Sep 17, 2014

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

congress.gov
Nov 18, 2014

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Leela Baggett, Vincent Brown, and Naomi Pitkin, interns with the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-18
Nov 17, 2014

Madam President, 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…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17

Other voices in this conversation