Honorable Tom Harkin
United States Senator, Iowa, Democrat
Senator Harkin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1974 to 1984. He serves on the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee (where he is the Ranking Minority Member); the Appropriations Committee; the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. The following is from the September 9, 2003, Senate floor debate on an amendment to H.R. 2660, the 2004 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, to eliminate funding from the bill to implement the Labor Department’s proposed overtime rule.My…
