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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When we debate the impeachment of the president of the United States, this is something that affects every citizen of this country, and I believe they have a right again to witness that debate and to witness how and why we reach those decisions.
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Would anyone advocate that we take the fences off the playground for elementary schools and just let kids run around in the streets? ... By the same token, why would we allow schools to sort of poison our kids with junk food?
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What we know is maybe the tip of the iceberg here,
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We are all human. We all make mistakes -- even a president. Most Americans share my belief that it's in our best interests to put this behind us and move on,
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Maybe our bill is not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than what the House did.
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That will have little kids associate learning, associate getting better and progressing with eating Oreo cookies,
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Parents still lack basic information on the calorie and fat content on the meals that they and their children eat at restaurants.
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Parents should know that our schools are now one of the largest sources of unhealthy food for their kids.
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US farmers should not have to compete with foreign governments in international markets.
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When I first heard about it, I said, 'Oh no, not again.' The Kennedy family ... you talk about star-crossed. They've done a lot of good things, but, my gosh -- they've had a lot of tragedy in that family.
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Dana Reeve has already faced more than her fair share of adversity, but I know that she will face this latest challenge, as she has the others, with strength, dignity, courage and grace.
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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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I like and respect each one of them, but for me one candidate rose to the top as our best shot to beat George W. Bush and to give Americans the opportunity to take our country back, ... That person is Governor Howard Dean.
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I have some real grievances on this issue, ... We have pushed for years to get a natural gas pipeline built from Alaska to the lower 48 states. If this administration had four to five years ago begun saying 'we are going to get that pipeline built', we would be a third of the way done. There are huge natural gas reserves up there. However the natural gas industry in Texas and the Gulf Coast don't want that thing built. We have plenty of natural gas up north - we should have pushed to get it down here.