Tom Harkin actually said...

"I believe that education is a key factor in securing a sound economic future for our country."

"The President-elect views education as both a moral obligation and an economic imperative."

"When we fail to properly educate children, we, as educators, perpetuate poverty, and we perpetuate social failure."

"We have just got to somehow break this thing down and get these two together in how we focus education on these young kids."