Tom Harkin

I'm deeply concerned by the President's plan to eliminate the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program.

I also want to especially thank the committee members for your support of our efforts to provide a safe environment for our unaccompanied children who enter our country.

I ask again, why are we zeroing out this program?

It's sort of like the prevention fund and what we did in prevention is sort of an afterthought, maybe?

I know you share my disappointment about the lack of any additional funding the past 2 years for eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid.

I'm sorry to say that this administration just doesn't seem to get it. They just don't seem to get it.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to markup the nomination of Thomas E…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``The…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Successful…

I rise to speak in support of amendment No. 730, which I have offered along with Senator Alexander and a bipartisan group of colleagues. This amendment would reauthorize and improve programs administered by both the Department of Education…

I urge you in the strongest terms possible to confirm Tom Perez as U.S. Secretary of Labor.

I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') Today, I offer this…

I call up my amendment which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin], for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Franken, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Bennet, Mr…

I'm very concerned about that and the impact on affordability and the increase of debt always on students.

Colleges and universities are partially making up for that by shifting the cost burden to students and their families.

Education begins at birth. And the preparation for education begins before birth.

So I want to congratulate you and the President for focusing on this. It's long overdue, but better to get started on it as soon as possible.

This has been going on for the last 20-some years, where States keep providing us less.

That's the kind of technology that helps equalize those big cities with our kids in small schools.

I think we have to take a closer look at IDEA and title I.

It makes no sense to me to have so many of our hardworking kindergarten teachers in the catch-up business year after year after year.

I love it. Now, let me see the budget.

The President has proposed some provocative ideas in his budget request. They deserve serious consideration.

Being the second round, I just have one question I wanted to follow up on.