Tom Harkin

I ask unanimous consent that Diana Hodges and Benjamin Rowland, interns from the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

We just cannot give up on this. We just cannot. Too much is at stake.

I think it is going to be several years before the space can be identified, the funds can be found, and the completion of the retirements can be achieved.

Our days are very, very short. I do think we need to look at longer school years also.

The increase proposed for the Department of Education demonstrates this administration's continued commitment to our Nation's future.

I believe the work of the Labor Department is the work of America.

we have to come to grips with the funding, and I am open for any and all suggestions.

Basic research to me has always been the most stimulating.

Thanks again to all that initial work. And thanks to the work of Dr. Collins and his colleagues at NIH. We can now sequence the human genome at a fraction of the cost that it required, and in a shorter timeframe.

This bill honors significant investments this committee made in those programs just last year.

I look forward to hearing more about this. Again, this is something that has endured through both Republican and Democratic administrations.

I have advocated for a long time just get rid of the darn thing, get it over with, and move on.

I know Senator Landrieu has been kind of in the forefront of this, and I know she wants me to also ask this question.

I am deeply concerned about proposed cuts to the Community Services Block Grant program and LIHEAP.

I say, 'Well, that is not a legitimate question to ask of basic research.'

Will that $2.7 billion be enough to alleviate the funding----

We all have things we like and things we don't like, but we must try to refrain from making any one issue a 'deal breaker.'

That is lifting the cap?

I hope that we can join forces with these great leaders in the business community.

I think there has been tremendous change for the better in our schools in America because of your leadership.

I think finally the American people, and, certainly, the business community has been behind this forever.

That there won't be any more shifting of money from prevention and wellness programs into base programs that CMS already has.

I would be remiss if I did not thank you for a lifetime of devotion and dedication to biomedical research.

I have previously written you with my concerns about the impact that this proposed reorganization will have on my constituents, including the HUD employees in Iowa, as well as HUDs long-term presence in the State.

Today, thanks in large part to the leadership of Dr. Anthony Fauci, HIV is a manageable chronic disease, and we know how to prevent it.