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Senator Thomas 'Tom' Harkin's Public Statements on Environment

Tom Harkin
Full Name: Thomas 'Tom' Harkin
Office: U.S. Senate (IA) - Jr, Democratic
First Elected: 11/06/1984
Last Elected: 11/04/2008
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Ruth; 2 Children: Amy, Jenny
Birth Date: 11/19/1939
Birth Place: Cumming, IA
Home City: Cumming, IA
Religion: Roman Catholic

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April 30, 2013 Letter to Acting U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Demetrios Marantis and Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce Rebecca Blank - Requesting Scrutiny of European Commission Ethanol Imports Decision Washington, DC
April 11, 2013 Harkin Co-Sponsors "Safe Chemicals Act" to Protect Americans from Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products Washington, DC
March 13, 2013 Harkin Statement on President Obama Signing PAHPA Reauthorization Into Law Washington, DC
Feb. 25, 2013 Harkin Statement on White House Sequestration Report Washington, DC
April 7, 2011 Hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Biofuel Programs and Biofuel Infrastructure Issues Unknown
May 27, 2010 Harkin: Worst Oil Spill in American History Is An Environmental and Economic Tragedy Washington, DC
July 24, 2009 Letter To The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC
April 1, 2009 Hearing Of The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition And Forestry Committee - Nominations Washington, DC
March 16, 2009 Letter To The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC
June 12, 2007 Statement of Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) on the Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database Washington, DC
Jan. 17, 2007 Hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on "Working Land Conservation: Conservation Security Program and Enviornmental... Washington, DC
Nov. 17, 2005 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions Washington, DC
June 21, 2005 Harkin Pushes Agriculture, Rural Economy Initiatives Important to Iowa Washington, DC
Oct. 29, 2003 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (continued) Washington, DC
Oct. 29, 2003 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 Washington, DC
Oct. 28, 2003 Nomination of Micheal O. Leavitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC
Sept. 10, 2003 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004-Continued Washington, DC
Feb. 13, 2003 Conservation Security Program Washington, DC

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