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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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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Maybe our bill is not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than what the House did.
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It almost seems then that they will be allocated based upon a state's ability to pay, ... How are you going to ask Louisiana right now to come up with the money for that. Take Mississippi . They've been hit hard.
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That will have little kids associate learning, associate getting better and progressing with eating Oreo cookies,
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has to disagree, just based on the standard of military value.
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Having a plan on paper does nothing to protect us, ... Next month is too late. The United States is woefully unprepared for this, and we must get started immediately.
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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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I believe we are not far from a day when a nation or organization will possess both biological weapons and the will to use them.
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there is no constitutional or historical precedent for any kind of findings of fact.
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He has to go. Nothing, I think, less will suffice, ... It's not enough just for Secretary Rumsfeld to say that some people in the lower ranks are responsible for this -- this goes all the way up.
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Hurricane Katrina ripped the mask off of George Bush's America,
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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.