November 18, 2010
Harkin Leads the Fight to Protect Health Care Reform
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Sen. Harkin has taken the lead fighting attempts to repeal and defund our nation’s historic Health Reform law. This law includes important consumer protections that put patients, not insurance companies, in charge of their health care.
Below are a few articles detailing his leadership on this important issue.
Quad City Times: Harkin: No repeal of health-care reform
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Harkin ready to fight for health care
Iowa Independent: Harkin vows to fight all efforts to repeal, defund health care reform
New York Times: G.O.P. to Fight Health Law With Purse Strings
The Hill: Harkin warns: No repealing or defunding healthcare reform on my committees
Capitol News Connection: Senator Vows to be Force Against Health Repeal
Christian Science Monitor: Health-care reform in GOP cross hairs
November 10, 2010
Ensuring Our Veterans Receive the Benefits They Deserve
Every year on Veterans Day, Americans take the time to give our millions of brave veterans the honor and thanks they deserve. We thank those who have served out of love of country, and a desire to protect the rights that we prize so dearly. As a veteran myself, I am humbled by the gratitude that is shown on this day, but am even more humbled by the sacrifices that so many other veterans and their families have made and continue to make. Breast cancer is a far-reaching disease that affects hundreds of thousands of women each year and impacts the lives of the millions who love them. It is the most common type of cancer among women in the United States (other than skin cancer) and the National Cancer Institute estimates that this year 207,090 women will develop breast cancer and 39,840 will die from it. I know firsthand just how much this disease can impact a family - my two sisters both had breast cancer, and both died from the disease. The Aug. 23 ruling by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth halting federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research has had a chilling effect on one of the most promising fields of biomedical inquiry. A U.S. Court of Appeals has stayed Judge Lamberth’s preliminary injunction, allowing funding to continue while the case is heard. But the out-of-the-blue ruling by this single activist judge is already having profoundly destructive effects nationwide. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement as Iowans rallied to celebrate the six-month anniversary of the Affordable Care Act – the landmark health reform effort –becoming law. The law was signed on March 23, 2010 by President Obama. Harkin, as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, played a pivotal role in the bill’s Senate passage and was on hand for the bill signing. This week, Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) is due to offer an amendment to the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act that could effectively kill the Prevention and Public Health Fund. This would be a grave mistake. Visit to Goodrich Engine Components Mills County Bridge Groundbreaking Breda- Tour of Move It One of the more dramatic developments in higher education in recent years is the explosive growth of for-profit colleges. The largest for-profit institution, the University of Phoenix, has a student body of more than 440,000, far larger than all the universities in the Big Ten combined. Some for-profit colleges are living up to their promise, pioneering innovative approaches to enrolling students and helping nontraditional students earn college degrees and postsecondary certificates. Des Moines - Naturalization Ceremony
October 14, 2010
New Resources for Combating Breast Cancer
October 7, 2010
Stem-cell research must go forward
September 22, 2010
Harkin Joins Iowans in Celebrating Six-Month Anniversary of Health Reform Law
September 13, 2010
Hands off the Prevention Fund!
September 10, 2010
Friday, September 10th – West Des Moines
September 9, 2010
Thursday, September 9th – Mills County and Shenandoah
September 8, 2010
Wednesday, September 8th – Breda and Denison
September 3, 2010
A fairer deal for college students
August 13, 2010
Friday, August 13 - Des Moines, Johnston
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