Tom Harkin: “This truly is a problem that cries out for something to be done.”

I thank my dear friend and colleague, long-standing in the Senate and in the House before, and to thank the Senator for her intellectual and energetic leadership on all issues concerning the environment and the health of our people and the…

We do think that the decisions about what is safe should be made by science and not by politics.

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 look forward to her speedy confirmation.