Tom Harkin actually said...

"My highest priority is to get Americans back to work as part of a stable, secure middle class."

"We owe so much to you Senator Harkin for your leadership in both shepherding passage of the ADA and in continuing to be a champion for the employment of people with disabilities."

"we can't have a strong economy without a strong middle class, and we won't have a sustainable economic recovery without the recovery of our middle class."

"The first and most urgent problem that I see is poor student outcomes."