Sen. Tom Harkin said last week that he would like to increase by more than tenfold federal spending that provides fruit and vegetable snacks to elementary pupils.

Currently, the federal Farm Bill provides $23 million a year in a pilot program to provide healthy snacks to 100 schools in four states. Harkin, D-Iowa, wants to bump up the spending to $250 million for 450 schools in 14 states.

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Monday at the Iowa State Fair that the Conservation Security Program will be part of the 2007 farm bill, “or there won’t be a bill.”

The farm bill passed last month by the House of Representatives deleted funding for the program for the first four years of the five-year law.

Des Moines Sen. Tom Harkin today is calling for Iowans to mobilize support for federal legislation to expand health benefits to children. The legislation is facing a presidential veto.

Harkin, D-Iowa, said some Iowa children currently being insured under Iowa

Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin criticized Democratic presidential candidates Monday who have refused to rule out using nuclear weapons in foreign policy.

The Iowa Senator said the notion of using nuclear weapons on terrorists “makes no sense.”

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says Congress should consider pumping more money into the nation’s highway system after the deadly collapse of the Interstate-35-W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening. Harkin says the nation’s interstate system is aging and is handling more traffic than ever anticipated.

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says Congress should consider pumping more money into the nation’s highway system after the deadly collapse of the Interstate-35-W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening. Harkin says the nation’s interstate system is aging and is handling more traffic than ever anticipated.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Iowa Senator Tom Harkin predicts that a Senate farm bill will be tougher on limiting payments to farmers than a version the House passed last week