Tom Harkin

Again, Mr. President, it is time to reduce the tensions in that area. The best way to do that is to use our good offices, the administration, and also to let our voices be heard so that our friends in India--and I say that forthrightly…

India has denied but Indian officials have failed to state clearly and categorically that India will refrain from testing. I fear, and many others fear, if India proceeds with its testing program then Pakistan will feel obligated for their…

I rise on a matter of great concern to me and all those who are concerned about reducing nuclear tensions in the world, who are concerned about nonproliferation, and who are in favor of and concerned about a comprehensive test ban treaty…

I wonder how many Senators know that the underlying continuing resolution is, itself, in violation of the Budget Act. I do not intend to raise a point of order. I could, within my legitimate rights, raise a point of order against the…

I must also be frank. I thought before Christmas we would have settled this. It was not. I thought it would be settled soon after. It was not. It is going from month to month to month, and you have to stop and say, What is happening? That…

I ask the Senator again, with his long experience in the area of inspectors general and what they do, is it not true that this is real money we are talking about? In other words, we always pass bills and they say this is going to save us…

so much of the problem is that they are funded but they do not have funds for travel. Most of their investigative and audit work requires travel. So what we really have is hundreds of audit professionals, auditors sitting at their desks…

If we have an amendment--and I do have an amendment that no one can argue does not save us money. It saves money by getting the Office of Inspector General funded so they can go after waste, fraud and abuse. I have a letter from her dated…

I want to mention how greatly concerned I am that Congress appears to be set to go into recess for a month while the details of the 1996 farm program remain unresolved. Farmers have been waiting for a long time to know what the program…

Much of the problem is they have no funds for travel. It is interesting that their auditors and their investigators can come to work and sit at a desk, but they cannot do anything. Much of the investigative work of the inspector general is…

I, being the parent of two teenage daughters, am as concerned as he is about the lyrics I hear on some of these songs promoting the use of drugs, such as marijuana. I cannot add to anything my friend from Utah said, except I heard him say…

here we are in the 18th day of a partial Government shutdown, the longest in our history. The Senator from Alaska just said the taxpayers ought to be irate. They should be irate--all taxpayers--because it is not just the more than 700,000…

over the last several years when I was Chair of the Subcommittee on Appropriations that funded HCFA and Medicare, we held a series of hearings, and I requested GAO to do a number of studies on waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare…

I could not believe my eyes this morning when I opened up the front page of the newspaper. And here is the headline, Mr. President: ``Gingrich places low priority on Medicare crooks, defends cutting anti-fraud defenses.'' Well, what is…

I thank Senator Wellstone for his leadership in this area. The SBA Microloan Program really works. It's the most effective welfare to work program we've got. It turns welfare dependents into taxpaying small business people. The Institute…

The point I made in the committee the other day was that, after World War II we had a similar situation. The national debt was 110 percent of our gross national product--110 percent. Today, it is about 70 percent. Our debt is about 70, 75…

this does not just go to Legal Services representing poor people. This goes to protection and advocacy groups representing disabled citizens of the United States. Many times, Legal Services entities in our States provide funds to…

I always point with pride to the fact that in Iowa, we now have the distinction of having a higher percentage of people on welfare who work than any State in the Nation. Mr. President, before we started our welfare reform program, about 18…

when an individual is hired for a job, they are handed a job description. A job description outlines their responsibilities. On day one, they know what is expected of them in order to earn a paycheck. However, when an individual goes into…

as we continue the debate on welfare reform I would like to begin by restating some things that I talked about before we recessed in August. I believe it is important for people to understand that there is agreement on one issue here--the…

I still urge the majority leader and the minority leader to step back just one step. I request that the majority leader appoint six people and that the minority leader appoint six people and that they take the remainder of this week and…

on behalf of my esteemed colleagues Senators Shelby, Campbell, Robb, Heflin, Bingaman, and myself, I offer an amendment to restore the cuts in the Civil Air Patrol budget. The Senate defense authorization bill S. 1026 cuts the Civil Air…

I join with those paying tribute to our esteemed colleague and friend, Claiborne Pell. I do not think there is a stronger argument against term limits than the personage of Claiborne Pell. I know it is fashionable to talk about term limits…

I support the long-term goal of this legislation to deregulate the telecommunications industry in this country and to bring vigorous competition to these markets. We can all envision the intended results in the not-too-distant future. The…

I find the argument just made by the minority whip most intriguing. He is talking about a filibuster. Mr. President, something is wrong here. It was the Republican side, for the last two Congresses, that filibustered the striker…