Tom Harkin

So the Senator is right on the mark. As long as you ID them, you better make sure they don't get the alcohol, too. So I thank the Senator from West Virginia for helping us take the blinders off to see this has broader implications than…

In this morning's paper, researchers were able to identify a gene that plays a role in Parkinson's disease. We need more funds for biomedical research. What this amendment says, on behalf of Senators D'Amato, Specter, Mack, and myself, is…

Over the past several years I have met with a number of welfare recipients, caseworkers and others to discuss the issue of welfare reform in the State of Iowa. The discussions have also included a number of individuals who have…

The pending legislation provides $3 billion to establish a Welfare-To-Work Program and specifies the activities for which the funding may be used. The list of allowable activities does not allow assistance for education or training…

As I understand, what the Senator is saying is that right now under the food stamp rolls, if there is a person in the household who is incarcerated, that you just want to ensure that the changes are made to reflect that there is one less…

It just seems that when I hear this debate about this provision and I hear proponents of this provision talk, it is as if everybody in America is like us. Everybody in America is not like us. They do not have the kind of health care…

There is a new policy with respect to personnel standards in section 612(a)(15)(c) of the bill that sets forth parameters by which a State may deal with a documented shortage of qualified personnel. In that subparagraph, I want to clarify…

If a State makes such a transfer and if the Secretary finds that the public agency is in noncompliance, the Secretary must limit any withholding action to that agency. Furthermore, any reduction or withholding of payments must be…

The Senator is correct that any withholding of Federal funds will be limited to the proportional share attributable to disabled students in adult prisons. Other funds would not be withheld.

Under the legislation, States are authorized to transfer the responsibility for educating juveniles with disabilities convicted as adults and incarcerated in adult prisons from State and local education agencies to other agencies deemed…

The bill allows the Secretary flexibility in the mechanisms used to provide State and local entities the technical assistance they need to improve results for children, youth, infants, and toddlers with disabilities. A Federal resource…

I also wanted to respond--and this is something I always like to point out when we talk about the high cost of educating kids with disabilities--I know it seems like it is a high cost, but then you have to look at the other side of the…

The focus of title III is on structural, policy reforms and activities that directly affect or improve food production and consumption, including nutrition. Helping the poorest, most food-deficient countries address these issues will help…

I still hope the amendment will be accepted after it is looked at. I do want to thank Senator Coats for his help in crafting this amendment and making changes to it. Again, I still hope it will be accepted. As I said, something similar to…

We simply must make reforms here. So, I will pursue this on the DOD appropriations bill and try to put an end to this ill-advised waste of taxpayer money. I look forward to working together with Senator Nunn and other of my colleagues in…

I think Mr. Greenspan's economic perceptions are locked in the 1960's and 1970's. And the world has changed dramatically since that point in time. So, let us say--let us assume that the floor on unemployment is not 5.5 percent. Let us just…

Senator Domenici is proposing a second-degree amendment which increases funding for education, job training and health by $2 billion and funding for nondefense discretionary programs by $5 billion overall. The Domenici amendment is not all…

This amendment divides the first reconciliation bill. All this amendment does is it takes welfare reform and separates it from Medicaid reform. It puts welfare reform in the first reconciliation bill. It leaves Medicaid reform in the…

I hope we can get good support for this amendment on both sides of the aisle and get about the business of passing a good, strong, welfare reform bill this year in a bipartisan manner. The budget resolution goes about balancing the budget…

Mr. President, I believe there is overwhelming support in this body and in this country for tough, commonsense welfare reform. The Senate passed such a bill by a vote of 87 to 12 last year. The President has repeatedly said he would sign…

But you see, in order for a team to work, there must be open discourse, there must be a consideration, and there must be not just the semblance of, but the genuine foundation of cooperation and equal participation. See, I think what my…

But let the workers decide who they want to represent them, not management. That is my point.

I would say to my friend, they want input that is genuine input from the employees, from employee organizations that are not structured by management--as I just pointed out, this was structured by management. The representatives were…

No, management always makes the ultimate decision. However, it is this Senator's position that when we are talking about teamwork, in these kinds of structures, there ought to be a level playing field so that the employees can pick their…

I suppose the Senator disagrees with my philosophy on this. My philosophy is that capital and labor ought to be represented equally. I do not think capital ought to be above labor, nor do I think labor ought to be above capital, but I…