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Recorded May 8, 2006. Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district from 1975 to 1985.
Senator Tom Harkin represented Iowa in the United States Congress for more than four decades. He served Iowa’s 5 th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and was a U.S. Senator from 1985 to 2015.
Former Senator Tom Harkin, a fixture in Iowa Democratic politics for over four decades, discouraged Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. from entering the presidential race, suggesting that...
Dec 21, 2020 · Tom Harkin learned how to sail while stationed at Guantanamo Bay. Since he retired from the U.S. Senate, he has gone on many sailing adventures.
Jul 23, 2020 · Former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin can still recall the day his older brother Frank Harkin was taken away from their family home in Cumming.
Tom Harkin is an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. Over the course of his Senate tenure, and during the years of the Obama presidency, he served as Chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, ...
Jul 26, 2021 · President Joe Biden on Monday recalled a hallmark moment in the career of former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. At a White House ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Harkin authored and sponsored, Biden described the moment just before the Senate passed the bipartisan bill.
About Tom Harkin. Tom Harkin is a product of small town Iowa who has not forgotten his origins. He was born November 19, 1939 to a coal miner father and a Slovenian immigrant mother who passed away when Tom was ten years old.
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district from 1975 to 1985.
Jul 26, 2021 · Senator Tom Harkin gave the speech upon the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which turns 31 today. During his speech commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with ...
