we are going to start by showing you senator tom harkin introducing the final report of the americans with disabilities act in july 1992 than -- to the u.s. senator appeared for the radio listeners, the first part will be silent because he is doing it in sign language. hold on and you will hear us in a few minutes. [video clip] [performing sign language] >> mr. president, i think you for permitting me perhaps to say something that only a few people understood. but i wanted to do that as sort of a special way of thinking a very special person in my life who taught me at a very early age that people with disabilities could do anything they set their minds to do and that people should be judged on the basis of their abilities and not on the basis of their disabilities. host: we are joined in the studio today by former senator tom harkin who is here to talk about the americans with his abilities act of 1990 that he authored and cosponsored. also with us this morning's disability rights activist judy huemann, and they're both here to talk about the impact of the ada on the lives of america

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tom: i want you to speak to harkins all right now and the rest of the world. what do we not get about arkansas? what is the number one thing global wall street doesn't get about the pixie dust of bentonville, arkansas. french: the ozark is an amazing place. great food, great water. they had no infrastructure and sam walton created walmart, when jd created jb. to me is about american ingenuity, american perseverance, not taking no for an answer. tom: there was a chamber of commerce announcement. jonathan: congressman, thank you. on the fed, we've got to get into diversity of thought as well. it is a big issue. a problem in the federal reserve for a long, long time that remains that way. look back to the december projections in 2022. rates in 2022, they saw funds at 0.9%. 2023, 1.6%. 2024, 2 .1%. i can tell you they saw inflation this year at 2.6%. the ukraine war stuff, that is not an excuse for getting your forecast this wrong. tom: i feel very strongly the war is removed from this. it was a dreadful call but as mr. hill said, i think it is so important if we