Tom Harkin

The Gulf War was like teenage sex. We got in too soon and out too soon.

— Tom Harkin

The President must stop gambling with taxpayers' money and get the country back on the path of fiscal sanity.

— Tom Harkin

I've always been for immigration reform; in 2007 I just didn't feel it had enough protections.

— Tom Harkin

The burning issue of our time is the growing inequality in income and wealth in our country, and it's got to be…

— Tom Harkin

You [the Gallaudet students] have brought the deaf community together.... You are my heroes.

— Tom Harkin

Today, only two groups in the United States have total immunity from lawsuits: foreign diplomats and HMOs. We believe it's time to…

— Tom Harkin

The planes were hijacked, the buildings fell, and thousands of lives were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks…

— Tom Harkin

I am a Democrat and I love my party and I want them to have good policies and good candidates, so I…

— Tom Harkin

If we are serious about combating the childhood obesity epidemic and improving child nutrition, then everyone must chip in -- parents, schools,…

— Tom Harkin

There is no such thing as a pro-nuclear environmentalist.

— Tom Harkin

It's been years, but I still say that I went out with the same progressive values and liberal ideals that I went…

— Tom Harkin

Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success.

— Tom Harkin

When you dig down, people are pretty progressive, by and large. I guess, I've said it many times - that a lot…

— Tom Harkin

There's no one silver bullet, but money really is the root of all evil. The single biggest problem is how much more…

— Tom Harkin

I fully support President Bush's decision to strike Al Qaeda's terrorist network. Now more than ever, we must stand united as a…

— Tom Harkin

Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360,000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic…

— Tom Harkin

Whereas Iraq has consistently breached its cease-fire agreement between Iraq and the United States, entered into on March 3, 1991, by failing…

— Tom Harkin

When I campaigned, I'd let them throw a punch, but by gosh, I'd throw two back. I always said, the first rule…

— Tom Harkin

I think the American people said, look, you know, we can't control what every government does to its people, but we shouldn't…

— Tom Harkin

Let's face it, in America today we don't have a health care system, we have a sick care system.

— Tom Harkin

Let's face it, in America today we don't have a health care system, we have a sick care system. We wait until…

— Tom Harkin

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention.

— Tom Harkin

While President Bush's tax give-aways for the rich are pushing us further into debt, he compensates by increasing the out-of-pocket costs to…

— Tom Harkin

When those pictures of Abu Ghraib came out, I thought, my gosh, this is like the tiger cages for prisoners in Vietnam…

— Tom Harkin

A lot of times, candidates for office, especially incumbents, seem to get drawn into their opponents' arguments, and fighting on their turf,…

— Tom Harkin