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it was sam brownback and tom harkin. and you know, obviously we're keenly aware of the new language the appropriations committee has given us in our 2012 appropriations. from the perspective of the commission, it's probably time to move on to other areas that would not be a priority. but food marketing to kids is a priority. and childhood obesity is a priority. but that particular initiative, it's probably time to move on. now under bill cossack who was the chairman before me and served with commissioner rush and myself, he started an initiative called ftc at 100. we went out to all of our stake holder holders, looked internally, and it is something that we -- it was a really good study that i go back and look at from time to time that talks about what our priorities ought to be. and what our priorities ought to be, depending on different types of growth, and we're going to have little or no growth or possibly a decline in our workforce going forward. hopefully not a decline in our workforce going forward. so we try to d

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this proposal is coming from iowa senator tom harkin, a democrat. he unveiled the plan yesterday.ion. so that means if inflation or your cost of living rises, so will minimum wage. right now, only congress can raise the minimum wage, and that's hadn't been done since 2009 under president george bush. >> since it's kind of partisan in washington these days -- >> you think? >> yeah. >> just a little bit. >> yeah, good luck in trying to get this thing passed. expect it to face a huge fight in the republican controlled house, because the increase is huge. it would wind up hurting employers. it could raise their costs. and some businesses may not be able to afford the increase, so they may not hire or they could lay people off so people may see this as counterproductive. >> allison kosik from the new york stock exchange. >>> checking stories across the country now, a motorcyclist escapes disaster in san antonio and it's all caught on camera. a car, you can see it there, loses control and swerves towards the biker on the left. the rider, the biker, did not panic. he hit the throttle and

. >> reporter: senator tom harkin, chairman of the u.s. senate education committee wants umuc to hand over charging documents. senator harkin is asking for records, relating to umuc's enrollment and workplace accusations. he is concerned that susan aldridge face -- forced out dozens, and offered to pay them for their silence. >> umuc enrolls thousands of students, mostly through online classes. >>> two new leaders today. f. dallas dance has accepted the county school board's offer to become superintendent. the 30-year-old is already the chief medical officer. he was also a candidate for the job in howard county. and today, the howard county school board has announced it has chosen renee fiewft. she becomes the first woman to head the school district. >>> take a look outside. it is definitely cooler outside this evening. meteorologist bernadette woods outback. let's first check in with bob. >> hasn't been this cool until march 11th. that morning, we get to 31. this morning, we got to 31 degrees. right now, we're at 54 degrees. briefly this

-- dick durbin, tom harkin -- these are senators. we work with so many wonderful, caring members of congress who wanted to put food safety at the front of the congressional agenda. and even so, it took a decade. i share your frustration, but i also know there are also lots of important things happening here. during that time there was a major oil spill in the gulf coast that delayed things. there were also -- it was during that time that we went through katrina. a lot of times and things can happen that get in the way of people's best intentions. but i share your frustration, and that is why many of us are here in washington working every day to ensure that the best policies do advance. host: we have time for one more call. house coming in in just a few minutes. george, independent line. caller: i worked on a turkey farm one time and i cannot take a break if only people knew how those words were treated. there are so much hormones pumped into these birds that the -- that it takes over a year for turkey's without hormones to become ad

iowa senator tom harkin and his chief of staff brian mentor a first grader. >> it's something i look to. it's a nice break in my week. they say the kids get a lot out of it. i get a lot of it too. >> reporter: at the next table tara mercy ner helps out. >> it gives them a sense of accomplishment. it's amazing to me. she's giving up her recess to sit here and read books with me. >> reporter: the late senator ted kennedy sat at the table for 14 years. his widow vickie took over after he passed away in 2009. it's important work when you consider the achieve management gap. while middle income children enter first grade with more than a thousand one-on-one reading hours under their belt, local income kids go in with just 25 and here in the nation'll capitol that's an achievement gap schools are struggling to close. >> sadly in the district of columbia, less than half of the pub like high school stoonts scored proficient in their reading. >> reporter: the goal here, the everybody wins reading programs around the country is simple. get kids exciting about reading so they can succeed in sch

marketing, interagency working group, of course, was mandated by sam brown bought -- sam brownback and tom harkin. obviously, we are keenly aware of the new language that the appropriations committee has given us. from the perspective of the commission, it is probably time to move on to other areas that would not be a priority. food marketing to kids is a priority. childhood obesity is a priority. but in that initiative it is probably time to move on. now, under the chairman before me, and served as commissioner with commissioner russia and myself, he started the initiative called ftc at 100, where real went to stakeholders looking at the priorities in the coming five years. it is a really good study and i go back and look at it from time to time. we talked about what our priorities should be depending on different types of growth and levels. now i think we will have little to no growth and possibly a decline in the work force going forward. i do not want to throw another agency under a bus, but someone asked me that question at another panel. someone in the audience asked me the question -- do y

- i just get the chills when i think of it -- to take on this issue of prevention and work with tom harkin and chris dodd and step up to the plate on these essential benefits and on preventive benefits. and she literally raised this issue, particularly on the prevention side. i don't know if you remember in caucuses, on the floor, in the committee, at press conferences, that we could have really a new day here in health care in this country, because although we spend more than any country in the world, we're not getting the same results because we haven't invested in prevention. and as she said, it's not up to politicians to decide what prevention should look like. it's up to the doctors. and under the senator's leadership and that have senator harkin -- that of senator harkin and dodd and all the wonderful members of that "help" committee and the finance committee and, yes, ted kennedy in the background because he was quite, quite ill, but he sent his messages and his staff helped. they came up with a list of essential health care services that nobody could ever kwourl with. -- quarrel wi

- i just get the chills when i think of it -- to take on this issue of prevention and work with tom harkin and chris dodd and step up to the plate on these essential benefits and on preventive benefits. and she literally raised this issue, particularly on the prevention side. i don't know if you remember in caucuses, on the floor, in the committee, at press conferences, that we could have really a new day here in health care in this country, because although we spend more than any country in the world, we're not getting the same results because we haven't invested in prevention. and as she said, it's not up to politicians to decide what prevention should look like. it's up to the doctors. and under the senator's leadership and that have senator harkin -- that of senator harkin and dodd and all the wonderful members of that "help" committee and the finance committee and, yes, ted kennedy in the background because he was quite, quite ill, but he sent his messages and his staff helped. they came up with a list of essential health care services that nobody could ever kwourl with. -- quarrel wi

i want to thank tom harkin for his work on this bill and especially all of the hard work he has put in on these for-profit colleges. mr. president, it's finally dawning on a lot of members of congress as they see programs like "frontline" talking about the for-profit college industry and as they meet these students who are going to these worthless for-profit colleges, students who are just stacking up the debt for a worthless diploma, that it's time for our federal government to step up. how can you blame a student or his family if they are going to a school where they, the federal government, are willing to offer pell grants and federal loans? what's a student to think? if it's good enough for the federal government to loan money, it must be a good school. in fact, in many instances, in most instances, these for-profit schools are not good schools. they are not offering a good education. there are exceptions, but too many of them are just bad operations. we subsidize it. 90% to 95% of their revenue comes straight from the federal government. when it talks about freezing federal employ

we worked with dick durbin, tom harkin. these are senators. we have worked with so many really caring and wonderful members of congress who wanted to put food safety at the front of the congressional agenda, and even so it took a decade. so i share your frustration, but i also know that there are lots of important things happening here. during that time there was a major oil spill in the gulf coast that delayed things. there were also -- it was during that time we went to katrina. so a lot of times things can happen that really get in the way of people's best intentions. but i share your frustration and that's why i think many of us are here in washington working every day to ensure that the best policies do advance. host: we have time for one more call. house coming in just a few minutes. golds borrow, north carolina, george, on our independent line, go ahead. caller: i work on a turkey factory farm for a short period of time. if people knew how the birds were treated. when the birds come in as chicks, there's so much hormones pumped into the

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we will show comments in just a moment from senate democratic leader harry reid, committee chair tom harkin and others. you can also see all of this online at c-span.org. >>> president obama today nominated caribbean foreign dartmouth college president >>> the genetic scientists to finally nailed down a rough date for when the hiv epidemic starts describes tinderboxes and wet moss. in most parts of the world there's not that much hiv, yet in some places there is a ton and it is incredibly destructive, so understanding that these categories exist and allows you to think okay, what are the factors to keep this moving and what can we do as a world to end this? >>> senators from both sides of the al qaim to the floor this week to talk about the second anniversary of the health care law. republicans tried to repeal all and democrats talked about the benefits. right now we are going to show a variety of comments beginning with senate democratic leader harry reid who talked about how difficult it was for him as a tomorrow president obama signed a patient protection and affordable care act into law

today senator tom harkin of iowa and i are introducing the "know before you owe" private student loan act of 2012. here's what it says. it requires the prospective borrower's school to confirm the student's enrollment status, the cost of attendance and the estimated federal financial aid assistance before the private student loan is approved. often students haven't applied for federal student loans before they're asked to apply for private student loans, which are