Tom Harkin actually said...

"Thank you, Senator Pryor."

"I am sure you have some ideas of your own about changing that system--about providing incentives to kids early on so that they can keep up their grades and keep up the work, that they get scholarships..."

"It is much, much harder to build this thing up than it is to tear it down."

"Well, let's open the door further. I would, both on this subcommittee, as Chair of the subcommittee, but also on the authorizing committee, we ought to be saying what we can do over the next few years..."