Tom Harkin actually said...

"The Department plays a vital role in strengthening the middle class and getting people back to work."

"He was a great friend, if I just might interrupt, and a wonderful member of this subcommittee and the full Appropriations Committee, so we worked together all these years."

"I like to point out that, in the recent downturn, statistics show that for every one nondisabled person that lost their job, three disabled people lost their jobs."

"While the economy is moving, I think, in the right direction, too many people are unemployed or underemployed."