Tom Harkin

Included in that plan, commonly referred to as the healthy people 2000 report, was a goal to reduce the average age at which children with significant hearing impairment are identified to no more than 12 months. In March 1993, NIH convened…

I want to commend Senator Conrad for introducing this legislation to correct a provision in the newly passed farm bill that threatens to leave thousands of farm families in the lurch as they attempt to get a crop in the ground this spring…

I am pleased to support and serve as a cosponsor of the Health Insurance Reform Act of 1995. Senators Kassebaum and Kennedy have worked together in a bipartisan manner to craft legislation that every Senator should support because it will…

I wanted to comment a little bit on the continuing resolution that we just passed--and to express my dismay and perhaps a little bit of frustration at what has happened here in the last week or so, and with this continuing resolution. In…

there are really two parts to this farm bill. One component was in general put together in a very bipartisan and cooperative manner. That process has produced a number of sound provisions that deserve broad support. There are many good…

I understand. I do not want to add to the problems our distinguished chairman has with this bill. I was hoping perhaps the Finance Committee and others would approve of this and let it go on through. As I said, I know it is authorization…

I have been for years working on the waste, fraud, and abuse situation, particularly as it pertains to the Medicare Program. I have asked for and obtained over the last several years many investigations by the GAO and by the Inspector…

it is not just the teachers who are saying this, but business people say they need people who can read. Although they may not need highly skilled people, at least they have to be able to read and understand. Mr. President, our amendment…

we face another period of high risk for the economy to plunge into recession. Do we want Alan Greenspan, whose main focus has always been on inflation, to be in charge of Federal Reserve policy? I think the answer is clearly no. There are…

We need to stop chasing the ghost of inflation. We need to appoint a respected individual who will take a balanced view about the needs of our economy and not place a choke hold on our Nation each time it strives to move forward with any…

What this amendment does is to reinstate the limits on the size of livestock operations eligible to receive benefits under the Environmental Quality Incentive Program. Last year, the distinguished Senator from Indiana, Senator Lugar, and…

The point of my amendment is simply to say, in terms of cost-share money coming from the Government--and it is not a bottomless pit--let us focus that money on our smaller family farmers, who are really not that well-equipped with working…

Then those supplies of grain are available, so we avoid severe shortages and extremely high prices. Mr. President, there is an estimate by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute that, in connection with the 1988 drought, that…

Last year, Senator Lugar and Senator Leahy introduced S. 854 to provide for incentive payments, cost-sharing, technical assistance, et cetera, to livestock producers to meet certain environmental standards. In that bill, for example, there…

I would not mind supporting conservation. I have been a strong proponent of conservation. We do not know what it is. There has been no explanation. How many millions of dollars is it going to cost?

I believe President Clinton should begin to look for new leadership to head the Federal Reserve System. Raising the living standards and the real wages of ordinary Americans is our primary economic challenge. But the policy of the Federal…

my amendment would do two things. First of all, it strikes section 505. What is section 505? Section 505--believe it or not, I know this is going to come as a shock to you, Mr. President, and others who may not have been privy to what is…

The interest rate was raised in the bill to meet budget considerations. They were looking for every bit of money they could find to meet the budget, and so someone, I do not know whom, decided, well, we will raise the interest rates on…

I just want to take at least a couple of minutes--I guess I have the floor--to raise my voice in protest against this process we are now undertaking. Agricultural legislation is serious business. It not only affects the farmers in my home…

For Senators who did not hear the debate earlier, for almost 60 years we have allowed the farmers to borrow from the Commodity Credit Corporation using grain and commodities as collateral at interest rates based on Treasury rates. This…

I hope to take some more time on the Senate floor to discuss the Federal Reserve System and why what they are doing and the course of action they are taking is not consistent with the real world. It is what is happening in the global…

the modification I sent to the desk was simply to strike the provision on the farmer-owned reserve and that leaves the amendment to strike section 505, which is striking that portion of the bill that raises the interest rates to farmers. I…

the Senate is in session at this late hour--we just finished the telecom bill, a very important bill for our country--but we are in session now because we do not have a farm bill. I have been on the Agriculture Committee now for 22 years…

Today we are voting on the approval of historic telecommunications legislation that will reshape the landscape of the entire communications industry and affect every household in this country. The future success of America's economy and…

I asked him, ``Given those two options, which would you prefer? Which would the Farm Bureau be for?'' He said they would prefer the Clinton budget. Now it seems like there is another big turnaround where they want this so-called freedom to…