Tom Harkin

Somehow, we've got to come up with this funding. Anybody else got a better idea, the door is open.

This sequester I think has a very deleterious, eroding, and corrosive effect.

That's pretty encouraging. I mean, just think of the health implications.

television was a pervasive means of sharing information in our society, and therefore a vital link to our world.

Well, we have made significant progress since ADA and access to entertainment technologies. But again, we need to go further.

I introduced two bills to address egregious gaps that I have personally noticed as a movie lover and as an air traveler.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``The ADA and…

No longer accept limits on what they can achieve.

Passing the CINEMA Act and the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act would be two concrete steps in that direction.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 9:15 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up the nomination of Thomas E…

As Professor Stephen Gillers, who has taught legal ethics for more than 30 years at New York University School of Law, wrote in one of these letters, Mr. Perez's actions in these cases ``violate[d] no ethical rule that governs lawyers. He…

Indeed, I think Mr. Perez's character--his character--is exactly what qualifies him for this job--his character. Tom Perez has dedicated his life to making sure every American has a fair opportunity to pursue the American dream. At the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown). Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa. ____________________

I come to the floor today to express my deep disappointment that once again Republican obstructionism and procedural tricks are preventing this body from carrying out its constitutional duty and responsibility, its obligation to consider…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Pharmaceutical…

I was deeply disturbed several weeks ago to learn of the White House's plan to strip $332 million in critical funding from the Prevention and Public Health Fund and to redirect that money to educating the public about the new health…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 4 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark up the nomination of Thomas E…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Pending…

more than 20 years ago, family members of workers killed on the job joined with safety advocates to launch Workers Memorial Day--a day of remembrance and advocacy. To honor the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration…

for many years we have witnessed with great regret the aging of America's farmers and ranchers and the decline in the number of agricultural operations in our country. Simply put, our nation will be stronger and better if more beginning…

I strongly support the Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety Act. This bill brings the Nation's mine health and safety laws up to date, gives mine safety officials the ability to effectively investigate and shut down habitually…

So the 2033 date--if we make no changes, they say Social Security will pay 100 percent out up until 2033. But if, in fact, we reduce unemployment to less than 5 percent, the Trust Fund will be able to pay full benefits for a longer period…

I have a couple of thoughts. I would say to my friend from Vermont, to those who say it is unconstitutional to do those things, I wonder if they ever read the preamble to the Constitution, which is, by the way, part of the Constitution of…

How we do that obviously can vary from time to time, generation to generation, but the idea that we are here to promote the general welfare as a Federal Government is clearly in the Constitution of the United States. Secondly, the Senator…

Would the Senator yield for a question? First of all, I thank my colleague from Vermont for being a strong voice on this issue and on so many issues that affect the elderly and especially our veterans. The Senator is the chair of that…