Tom Harkin: “Part of it was school construction and reconstruction.”

I want to speak in support of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, the bill that is before us. It has taken us a long time to get to this point. I cannot be more pleased that we are on the verge of sending this…

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

Over 60 percent of people with disabilities who can work and want to work are not employed.

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.