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U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is set to take over the chairmanship of the Senate’s powerful Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the Washington Post reports. The position was held by former Sen. Ted Kennedy until his death last month.

U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, Iowa’s second-term Democrat who represents the 1st District, mourned the loss of a great U.S. leader today in an official statement regarding the death of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy:

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who served with Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate for nearly three decades, offered high praise of the legacy Kennedy has left behind today in an official statement:

Gov. Chet Culver provided public condolences to the family of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy today in an official statement. Culver’s father, former U.S. Sen. John Culver, was a personal friend of Kennedy long before the two met in the halls of Congress.

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who served for nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate with Ted Kennedy, issued the following statement upon news of Kennedy’s lost battle with brain cancer:

Under a government-run health insurance program, U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) would not receive the quality of cancer treatment that he is currently receiving, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in an interview with Iowa City radio station KCJJ-AM.
Grassley, a major player in the negotiations currently taking place surrounding health care reform legislation, said the [...]

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, has tapped Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin to be a part of a task force to develop a Senate Democratic proposal to expand health insurance coverage, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Jonathan Kozol’s contributions to public education and role in exposing the educational inequities between the rich and poor have left big footprints in our nation’s public education narrative. Kozol, a 71-year-old Boston native, addressed a room full of educators, administrators and prospective educators at the Marriott Hotel in Coralville Tuesday. The event, co-sponsored by Prairie [...]