Tom Harkin actually said...

"I have to leave to go chair my committee."

"It would continue a program that began in 2005 to provide moneys for sidewalk improvements, for bikeways, for traffic calming along access roads to school."

"We want to ensure that we don't enact provisions that would cause some of the best schools to drop out of the program."

"I know Chairman Durbin still has some concerns on this issue."