Tom Harkin: “For its flaws, No Child Left Behind has done an excellent job of shining a light on the achievement gaps that still…”

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…

I introduced the Protect Student Borrowers Act with Senators Durbin, Warren and Murphy--and I want to thank Senator Warren for her great leadership on this issue and many other issues.

I really do believe that Congress needs to address these concerns.

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