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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If we can have a real recount in every county, it may take a few weeks, but it's worth it.
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Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360,000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic levels. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing.
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She was a citizen in the best sense of the word. She caused things to happen in our society that made us a better, more caring, more just society.
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Shuttering nearly a fourth of the FSA offices in Iowa can only lead to more inconvenience and less service for Iowans.
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No one ever wore the title of 'senator' better and used it less.
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We don't require our astronomers to explore the heavens with 19th century telescopes, and we don't require our geologists to study the Earth with a tape measure. If we are serious about realizing the promise of stem cell research, our biomedical researchers need access to the best stem cell lines available.
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What this pandemic could do to us as a people is even more threatening than what a few terrorists could do, even a few terrorists with a nuclear device.
What can I tell you, I don't know anything about him.
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This sends all the wrong signals to the troops, ... Rush Limbaugh has a point of view. I mean, a dedicated, right wing point of view. That's fine. That's fine. But you should balance it on the other side also. Especially when it's being funded by other people's money.
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This was a half-baked and ill-advised plan from the beginning, ... Thankfully, the public uproar from the plan resulted in it being put off. I will watch closely to make sure this plan isn't repackaged and rolled out again in the future.
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While I don't want to unduly alarm anyone, we do have to sound the alarm,
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While NATO has been the cornerstone of U.S. defense policy in Europe, there is no consensus on whether expansion of the alliance into Central and Eastern Europe is a wise and feasible policy.
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We as a nation have an obligation to help rebuild, but that doesn't necessarily mean just like it was.
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Trust us' is not something the administration can say after Katrina, ... I don't think Congress is in a mood to trust. We want plans. We want specific goals and procedures we're going to take to prepare for this.