Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkinis an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 November 1939
CityCumming, IA
CountryUnited States of America
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has determined that our bill will cost about an average of $1.19 a month, ... So, for less than the cost of a Big Mac, you're guaranteed that the medical decisions that affect your life and the lives of your family are made by you and your doctor, not by HMO accountants.
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It's about 1,100 or 1,200 pages, ... And we got it dated November the 20th. No one's read this bill. Nobody knows what's in it.
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Students who are given a stipend specifically for housing are still gaming the system, ... I would consider this to be a major failure in the oversight of the program.
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These votes are going to be counted in Florida. If they're not counted now, they are going to be counted next year under Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, ... If the truth comes out next year that in fact Al Gore did win Florida ... what is that going to do for the esteem and the respect of the Supreme Court of the United States?
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It's the midnight hour. We have to get moving on it now, not next year, not after some study group in the White House bangs this thing around for another three months.
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It's woefully inadequate, in terms of taking a look at the promising therapies that people are taking today,
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Their budget slashes renewable energy research and development by more than one third.
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As we Iowans say, Howard Dean has his head screwed on right.
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You could get into a quagmire that would ... not be a dignified ending to this sad chapter and would not add enough evidentiary value to outweigh the negatives that would be produced with a lengthy trial, ... Fox News Sunday.
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The first Farm Aid concert helped tremendously to draw national attention to the many thousands of family farmers fighting for survival,
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This has created ridiculous situations where companies have sought $5 million and as a condition for approval they have been required to have that much money in the bank, ... If they have that much money in the bank, why would they need the loan?
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The holes in these protective suits show the holes in the Pentagon's procurement process.
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The industry's efforts so far have been woefully inadequate,
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All the trashing is coming from the right wing of the Republican Party. I really think it's despicable what they're doing.