Tom Harkin: “They are full and welcome members of our American family, and they deserve the same civil rights protections as all…”

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…

We're making some progress. We are. We're better off than we were last year or 20 years ago.

That's why I've worked hard to strengthen investments in public health preparedness and response capabilities at home.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on November 20, 2014, at 1 p.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Why Are Some Generic Drugs…