Tom Harkin actually said...

Almost a year ago, this committee met in the wake of the worst mining accident our history has seen in decades.

Harkin reflects on the tragic mining accident and its aftermath.

03/30/2011

More Tom Harkin Quotes

This is a real crisis that we have.

We have a real cliff problem right now.

I think the atmosphere is just right for this.

I would not want to have a day go by where we were passing up on the opportunity of new ideas to do something about this.