Tom Harkin

I disagree with my friend from South Carolina also that you are reinforcing bad habits with bad habits.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The Senator from Tennessee.

we worked very hard on this bill to make sure we had good, strong, independent evaluations and reporting requirements. Therefore, I am pleased to rise and speak in opposition to the amendment. We included in the bill requirements for an…

I am pleased to join with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and in both Chambers today in taking up the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that is a reauthorization of what we always called the WIA bill, the Workforce…

No student should have to endure something so terrible as sexual assault while they are in college.

I ask unanimous consent that if the final vote on passage is successful, the statement of the managers for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act be printed in the Record immediately following the text of the Senate-passed bill. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3381 to Amendment No. 3378

How much time remains on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 25 minutes remaining on the Democratic side.

I ask unanimous consent that from my office Brianna Steirer, Grant Gregory, and Jasper Verhofste be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I call up managers' amendment No. 3381. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin] for Mrs. Murray, for herself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Harkin, and Mr…

I thank all of the Senators for their strong affirmative vote for the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act, now called the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It is a great bill. A 95-to-3 vote I think indicates that…

Education is the great equalizer--it offers a lifeline to young men and women for whom a successful future is not predetermined.

These safeguards are clearly necessary.

Bankruptcy has been a last resort for individuals and businesses facing severe economic hardships in need of a fresh start.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being on objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2515 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Our national policies should no longer have a bias toward institutional care.

today I want to recognize an exceptional local leader in Iowa who has used her experience and expertise to help communities across America to become more resilient. Back home, we know Linda Langston as an effective and tireless county…

I would like to take a few moments to recognize an innovative effort aimed at improving youth nutrition that took place at Muscatine High School in Iowa. Communities across the country are focusing on ways to build health and wellness into…

That is why, today, I have introduced a bill called the Community Integration Act, a bill that ensures that people with disabilities can choose to live in the community and receive the same supports and services they would receive in…

We need to reform Medicare, probably in the way in which your legislation that you just introduced, Senator Harkin, achieves.

Individuals should be able to make a choice about where their long-term supports and services are available, and my bill would ensure that all people with disabilities can make that choice.

We finally got it together, and the one part that I've worked on is upgrading the rehab act to provide for the kind of training and skills upgrading for people with disabilities when they're young.

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up S. 2449, Autism…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on June 24, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Falling Through the Cracks: The…

I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on June 24, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Moving Toward Greater Community…