Tom Harkin: “I just want to thank my chairman and my friend, Senator Specter, for calling this important hearing today.”

Too many employment decisions are based on insidious stereotypes and prejudices rather than an employee's talent, ability, and qualifications.

We're making some progress. We are. We're better off than we were last year or 20 years ago.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on November 20, 2014, at 1 p.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Why Are Some Generic Drugs…

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.