Tom Harkin actually said...

"How we progress as a country and how we are going to maintain our standard of living, our way of life, and provide for equality of opportunity for all our kids really comes down to what kind of educat..."

"Thank you very much."

"We are in the business of educating kids and not letting them play on monkey bars."

"You have a big job ahead of you. I don't think there is any Secretary whose decisions, whose statements, public posture has more effect on the American people intimately than yours."