Tom Harkin: “But in the case of a pandemic even after spending this money, it will take us months to develop a vaccine.”

Last year, only 17.6 percent of persons with disabilities had jobs, compared to 64 percent of people without a disability.

I wish to thank Chairman Harkin for his superlative service to the State of Iowa and to our Nation for more than four decades.

I really do believe that Congress needs to address these concerns.

Mayor de Blasio of New York now has committed--and the city council moved that 50 percent of all taxicabs in New York City will be fully accessible by 2020.