Tom Harkin

Both Senator Alexander and I will have opening statements.

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.

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

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

Good morning, everyone. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will please come to order.

That's why I've worked hard to strengthen investments in public health preparedness and response capabilities at home.

Ebola is just one example of a threat from infectious disease.

The extent of this epidemic is tragic and it grows more serious with each passing day.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on September 18, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Fulfilling the Promise…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up S. 2141, The…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on September 16, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Ebola in West Africa: A…

Keeping the NLRB fully staffed and able to do its work will send a strong message to the American people that, yes, Washington can work, and our government can function. It will give certainty to businesses and ensure workers that someone…

As I retire, I know I leave it in good hands.

Thank you very much for your stewardship of this subcommittee during the time that I've been chairman.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on July 30, 2014, at 10:15 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Paid Family Leave: The…

If it was good enough for me, why isn't it good enough for students today?

The benefits of the Federal Perkins Loan Program to students and how critically important the program is to reauthorize as part of the Higher Education Act.

I want to thank Senator Alexander for all of his participation in this.

Senator Harkin's draft reauthorization bill.

Senator Harkin's proposed State Competitive Grant Program for Reforms to Improve Higher Education Persistence and Completion.

I think it's time to re-examine the States' role in light of today's challenges.

We need to help more States pursue these types of innovations to help more students complete postsecondary education.

The single largest factor...has been the State abdication of that, State disinvestment.

I think we must stem this tide and get States back in the game.

If it provided a whole generation of young people of my generation a great college education at very low cost--but we don't do that anymore.