Tom Harkin

Your emphasis on green jobs--let's face it, that is the future.

Thanks to President Obama and to the team he has around him, including you, and thanks to actions taken by Congress in the recovery bill, it seems that the economy is stabilizing.

The worker protection measures that you have talked about are heartwarming. It's about time that we recognize what has happened in the past.

I might point out I have my Franklin Roosevelt tie on today, as a reminder of what we are about to witness.

Thank you for your leadership on ILAB.

This is a very high priority for me. It's something that I've been looking after for a long, long time.

I have a great picture of us throwing shovels of dirt in the air at the Job Corps Center.

Your budget, the 2011 budget request, will provide OSHA the resources it needs to address these regulatory issues that have been so neglected in the past.

I am committed to achieving the goal of Good Jobs for Everyone, and I look forward to working with the members of this subcommittee to make that vision a reality.

But, still far too many people do not have a job.

I look forward to continuing to work with you.

I urge you to provide stroke research with a significant funding increase.

We thank Chairman Harkin and the Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Service, and Education, and Related Agencies for your consideration of this testimony.

Thank you Chairman Harkin and Senator Cochran for the opportunity to support funding for public broadcasting.

Thank you for your leadership on these important national priorities.

This sustained level of funding will help States to provide meaningful assistance to households in need as millions of low-income citizen's struggle with unaffordable home energy bills.

We sincerely hope that Congress will continue to support the CDC during this critical period in measles control.

Increased, predictable and timely Federal funding is vital for LIHEAP to assist the Nation's vulnerable, low-income households faced with exorbitant home energy bills.

While ANA appreciates the continued support of this subcommittee, we are concerned that title VIII funding levels have not been sufficient to address the growing nursing shortage.

I applaud President Obama for including level funding in his fiscal year 2011 budget for this program at $49.3 million.

For its flaws, No Child Left Behind has done an excellent job of shining a light on the achievement gaps that still exist.

We cannot abide by any educational system that says there are some kids that can be written off.

There is no better advocate for pay equity than Rosa is on this issue.

It is not just about women's rights. It is about economic justice in our country.

It is unacceptable that, after all these years, a woman still makes only 77 cents for every dollar that a man makes.