Tom Harkin

I would say forthrightly that what we need in this country, I believe, after having been through this for 35 years on the Ag Committee in both the House and Senate and now in the HELP Committee for 22 or 23 years there, we need a single…

I think that is proper. I will just take a little bit of the remaining time on this side again to reiterate why this resolution of disapproval should be defeated. No. 1, as has been adequately stated many times, it is time to get rid of…

I strongly disagree with my friend from Georgia. There is a procedure under the National Mediation Board, as under the National Labor Relations Act. If a person wants to get rid of the union under the NMB, they can file a petition, if they…

I strongly oppose the resolution of disapproval offered by my good friend, the Senator from Georgia. I tried to listen to all my friend said, but let's just keep in mind what this is all about. The resolution we have before us would keep…

I rise today to speak out in support of Retirement USA's ``Wake Up, Washington!'' Month and to wake up my colleagues to the looming retirement crisis in this country. The public has already woken up. A recent survey found that 92 percent…

So when we have so much to learn from embryonic stem cells, how can we conclude that we do not need to fund the research?

Expelling embryonic stem cells from the researchers' toolkit will gravely weaken the search for cures.

I do believe that the human embryo deserves moral respect. It is a potential human being.

It is a shame that we have to revisit this issue under the circumstances in which we find ourselves today.

I applaud Senator Harkin's efforts to increase the NIH budget in the past and ask all of the Senators and Representatives to make the people with diseases and injuries a major priority.

Investment by the NIH has made U.S. research pre-eminent.

To have that cut off at the knees would be a devastating blow.

These decisions which are driven by politics and not science are deeply disturbing.

But this is not an isolated incident. There are peer-reviewed publications and a larger number of patients, and I would love the opportunity to bring this forward in the United States after completing a safety study so patients do not have…

We must support all forms of stem cell research so that no matter where the cures come from, we can get there sooner rather than later.

At last, we thought, there was a new approach to scientific research in this country, one that was dictated not by politics or ideology, but by ethical science.

We are again reminded that human embryonic stem cell research is on fragile and fickle footing.

The arguments that adult stem cells obviate the need for embryonic stem cells are not scientifically driven.

Do you think that funding for embryonic stem cell research should be prohibited?

As the Senate considers the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act (H.R. 5297), the 228 undersigned organizations listed below strongly urge you to oppose the use of the Prevention and Public Health Fund from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as…

Mr. President, the Johanns amendment would kill--would kill--the Prevention and Public Health Fund that we have established for our American citizens. Chronic diseases are one of the main reasons health care costs have increased so…

I am sympathetic, I must admit, to the broader aims of the Johanns amendment. On a bipartisan basis, Senators want to change the information reporting rules for small businesses under the health reform law. But the $19.2 billion cost of…

I come to the floor today to discuss an amendment that Senator Johanns, from Nebraska, will be offering to the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act. The amendment to be offered by the Senator from Nebraska--a good friend of mine and a former…

A fairer deal for college students.

I want to say a couple of words in support of the child nutrition bill. I thank Chairman Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, for her tireless efforts to bring this bill to fruition. She has been a great advocate, a great…