Tom Harkin: “I don't care how small they are, they'd better meet the most stringent standards of safety and efficacy.”

The Protect Student Borrowers Act would hold colleges and universities accountable for student loan defaults by requiring them to repay a percentage of defaulted loans.

I particularly appreciate that the students from Westwood, which closed in 2016, finally have been granted relief.

I thank my dear friend and colleague, long-standing in the Senate and in the House before, and to thank the Senator for her intellectual and energetic leadership on all issues concerning the environment and the health of our people and the…

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