Tom Harkin actually said...

"I am not suggesting and do not mean to imply that a plaintiff in a discrimination case needs some kind of smoking gun in order to prevail."

"The ADEA simply states that it shall be unlawful to discriminate because of age. We get it. This Supreme Court apparently does not."

"What disturbs me lately, however, is the rhetoric that attaches itself to such efforts."

"I urge you, on behalf of myself and the millions of baby boomers behind me who have been paying the bills for a generation and want to continue working, to pass it in the same bipartisan spirit you ha..."