Tom Harkin: “I'll just start the first round of questioning here.”

Mr. Presidet, this morning we convened a hearing to consider the President's nomination of Lauren McFerran to fill an impending vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board. Ms. McFerran is well known to most of us as a senior staffer on…

I support the nomination of Charlotte Burrows to be a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, and David Lopez to continue to serve as the agency's general counsel. These are two eminently qualified nominees…

I would like to personally commend Senator Feinstein for releasing this report today. We have all heard the Justice Louis Brandeis quote that ``sunlight is the best disinfectant'' but occasionally we need a real world reminder. Today…

first let me thank my friend and colleague for his lifetime characteristic which is being very gracious and very generous in his remarks. Chuck Grassley and I have served together since 1974. I like to tell people that in 1974, that was a…