Tom Harkin actually said...

I've been thinking about that question, and I've been wondering if I could persuade you not to retire.

Senator Harkin humorously reflects on retirement during a discussion.

02/25/2013

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we have for far too long ignored our public health sector in this country.

If there had been a HACCP plan in effect at this plant, how confident are you that that would have prevented this salmonella contamination?

we haven't changed and updated our public health system to cope with this new distribution system.

Surely we can do better than that.