He also doubled the amount of money available to rural communities for grants to help them find new ways to add value and market products created on farms and small?town businesses.

These initiatives Sen. Harkin fought to include in the farm bill as chairman, however, remain under attack both from the Bush administration and this year's congressional budget cuts.

Since 1998 Sen. Harkin has secured a total of $116 million for the initiative, the first of its kind in the nation, to repair, modernize and build new schools.

The current federal regulations limiting junk food is very narrow.

That's why I've pushed the idea for adult children and friends to try to help.

This case is not about money because this boy is a cancer victim of stage four who is in danger of death. There's no way you should go through the criminal justice system if what you're after is money.