Tom Harkin: “I believe efforts to repeal it are ill-advised, and trying to fight last year's or last couple years' battles.”

The bill called the Community Integration Act that I introduced earlier this year to get rid of the Medicaid institutional bias--well, it's there.

Good morning, everyone. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will please come to order.

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

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