Tom Harkin: “I don't know. Do we need to put a floor under this, or do we just need to say they have to be paid the minimum wage? You…”

I thank the Senator for her important question. Her understanding is correct. The definition of homeless children and youth found at 42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434A is the definition we intend to apply to homeless children and families where those…

Over 60 percent of people with disabilities who can work and want to work are not employed.

These important guarantees, however, are not self-enforcing. They're only as strong as the agency charged with enforcing them, and that's the EEOC.

Both Senator Alexander and I will have opening statements.