Would anyone advocate that we take the fences off the playground for elementary schools and just let kids run around in the streets? ... By the same token, why would we allow schools to sort of poison our kids with junk food?

Parents should know that our schools are now one of the largest sources of unhealthy food for their kids.

No one ever wore the title of 'senator' better and used it less.

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

The planes were hijacked, the buildings fell, and thousands of lives were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were an attack on the heart of America.
And standing here in the heartland of America, we say in one voice

We will not give in to terrorists;

We will not rest until they are found and defeated;

We will win this struggle, not for glory, nor wealth, nor power, but for justice, for freedom, and for peace;

So help us God.

[Harkin himself ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, but endorsed Bill Clinton shortly after dropping out of the race.] I don't take this step lightly, ... Gore is right for Iowa, he is right for America and he is right for our working families.