Tom Harkin

I point out to the Senator, in all fairness, the paragraph just quoted leaves our ``pursuant to section 615(k)'' of the underlying bill which provides for that due process hearing. That is not in your amendment.

Right in ``(2) Limitation.--(A) In General.--'' where you say ``shall receive a free appropriate public education which may be provided in an alternative educational setting.'' My amendment adds the words ``pursuant to Sec 615K'' which…

together with a bipartisan group of colleagues, I am pleased to be introducing this legislation to address two of the most glaring problems facing children across the globe: malnutrition and the lack of educational opportunity. I very much…

Mr. President, I looked at this amendment, and all I can say is here we go again. How many times do we have to go down this road of saying that the disciplinary problems in our schools are because of kids with disabilities, and if we only…

I don't know how this amendment all of a sudden came out of the clear blue sky. We heard it was noncontroversial. This amendment robs States of millions of dollars they get on July 1 of this year. This is money we put in the appropriations…

I make it clear again: On May 16 an amendment was offered by Senator Enzi of Wyoming that would have redistributed $240 million of the $1.2 billion that is going out for school repair. That amendment was defeated by a vote of 62-37. That…

As a member of the authorizing committee, and as now chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee on education, we put two programs in here in 1994. One was the targeted program. That is fine. But then we also put in there what we call the…

For these men and women, who earn an average of $28,000 to $40,000 a year and have families to support, those expenses add up, especially for new officers. This amendment would help provide a deduction for these people when they pay for…

the people of Burma continue to suffer at the hands of the world's most brutal military dictatorship which cynically calls itself the State Peace and Development Council, (SPDC). Now more than ever, as a nation committed to…

I ask my friend from Wyoming, I just heard the Senator say this is the authorization process and he did not want to interfere with the appropriations process. Again I ask the Senator, does not your amendment wipe out the appropriations we…

I appreciate the forthrightness of my friend from Wyoming. That is exactly what I have been saying. That is the way it is written. The $1.2 billion that will be going out to the States this summer will not be going out.

What the Enzi amendment does this year is it takes away the $1.2 billion going out to States. That has already been appropriated. He wipes that out. Then on the revolving loan fund the Senator talked about, he says ``shall be made…

I listened as best I could to the presentation made by my friend from Wyoming on his amendment. Let's recap a little bit. As I said yesterday, we have been trying for some time to get money for school construction and repair to help…

Mr. President, our children deserve the best when it comes to education--all children; not just a few but all. It is not right that some kids get the best in schooling and the best of teachers and the best of school buildings and other…

I guess you could sum up this budget in very few words. It is bad for what ails us in this country. It is bad for our people. It is bad for our future. It is bad for our kids, and especially bad for our elderly. Hubert Humphrey, one of my…

first I thank my friend and my colleague on the Education Committee, Senator Murray from Washington, for always being in the forefront of this battle to make sure our class sizes are small enough so the kids can learn and teachers can…

Through all the years, while we may have had disagreements on one little aspect of this, I have found generally on both sides of the aisle a lot of goodwill to try to reach some consensus on how we fulfill the constitutional mandate of…

Once again, I thank Senator Hagel for working so closely on this amendment to make sure we had one that really did what we wanted it to do and did it in a cost-conscious and fiscally responsible manner, to make sure we address what is the…

I compliment my dear friend and colleague from Minnesota. There is no one who fights harder for education with more courage, compassion and conviction than Senator Wellstone from Minnesota. He comes from a background of having been an…

Although annual appropriations for tribal colleges have increased in recent years, the per Indian student funding is still less than two-thirds the level authorized by law and significantly lower than the public support given to mainstream…

I believe this would be a terrible mistake. Saturday delivery is an essential service, and we should make sure it continues. Eliminating the sixth day will lead to inevitable delays for mail delivery as well as higher costs to pay overtime…

I am pleased to stand with my colleague and subcommittee chairman, Senator Specter, to offer this important amendment to the budget resolution. We stand at the cusp of a revolution that I believe will result in the overthrow of disease and…

our amendment ``Leave No Child Behind,'' the third one says that all students, including special needs students, will master challenging subject matter and Federal education programs will be held accountable and focus on practices proven…

I appreciate Senator Byrd bringing that up. Our country was founded on an ideal that no matter who you are or the circumstances of your birth, no matter how much money your parents have or don't have, if you are willing to work hard…

I will shortly send an amendment to the desk that deals with education, which I think should be the No. 1 priority of this Congress. Quite frankly, the President has said it should be our No. 1 priority. The American people think it should…