Tom Harkin

It does not help schools meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.

In Iowa, it is estimated 56 percent of all the schools will be designated next year as needing improvement under the No Child Left Behind law.

I just want to associate myself with the statements of our chairman, Senator Specter, in his opening remarks.

The President's budget would increase Education Department funding by $26 million or .05 percent.

But this budget cuts funding for the No Child Left Behind programs by $1.2 billion from this year's level.

What this amendment will do--it does not add any money. It simply restores these programs. It would be $2.2 billion the first year, $24 billion over 10 years, offset by a reduction in the tax cut. All it does is simply restore the…

My amendment simply holds the size of the tax cut to $350 billion. Any tax cuts beyond $350 billion would have to be offset under my amendment or they would face a budget point of order requiring 60 votes. Many colleagues may say, wait a…

This amendment is as phony as a $3 bill. It provides for 2 years of funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and then you drop off the face of the Earth. And it gets the money from--where? It gets it from nowhere. It is…

I further ask the Senator, would she concur in this view, that perhaps what this is all about is really not about a procedure but it really is about fundamentally getting at Roe v. Wade? I say that to my friend from California because 4…

That is exactly right. I say again to the Senator, when it is defined to people, both men and women, what Roe v. Wade really does in terms of the first 3 months and then after that what the State can do, but with exceptions for life and…

I thank the Senator for her stalwart support for all the years I have known her, for the principles and the law of Roe v. Wade, to ensure that the women of America have the right to choose. I thank her for her stalwart support, and I thank…

I would want her to have a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist take care of her in a safe, healthy, legal setting. That is why I have offered my amendment. That is why my amendment is pending right now because I want us to say once…

I do not know exactly what that all means. Anyway, I do know she was told by her doctor that there was a possibility--he did not know how remote--but there was a distinct possibility that if she carried this child to term, which was going…

I would prefer we stick with Roe v. Wade which would allow my daughter to go to a hospital and to have a doctor perform a procedure on her that in the doctor's best judgment was the safest for her. If I can just respond further, if the…

I wish to ask the Senator a question. There are a number of issues about the Senator's bill that bothers me. One is how tightly it is drawn and it affords no leeway whatsoever for certain special cases. We talked about the health of the…

The Senate finds that-- (1) abortion has been a legal and constitutionally protected medical procedure throughout the United States since the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973)); and (2) the 1973 Supreme Court…

I was pleased to see a number of awards made to rural entities since then.

I am so pleased that President Bush has embraced the concept of National Service, and I do want to work with him in a bipartisan way.

I was really troubled when the Corporation revealed that it had enrolled more volunteers than the Corporation had funds to support.

I am concerned that the Corporation actually violated the law.

Last month, I along with Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced a comprehensive bill, 'The Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act', to control mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants and other sources.

I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Subcommittee to ensure full funding for the VA.

This starts with providing those veterans with access to the quality health care they deserve.

We owe each of them a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid.

Rather than addressing the problem and providing the needed funding, the President apparently has decided his solution is to turn veterans away from the system.