Enough to Make You Sick

Democrats - and some Republicans, to be sure - are being very hypocritical about the current "scare" over tuberculosis (TB). A case in point: U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, who is pretending to be a tough guy. Harkin, you see, is going to roll up the sleeves on his fitted shirt and ask tough questions about the TB guy that almost got away. Oh yes, tough questions. It's all make believe. It's a put on, a sham, an act for the idiots who voted for him. Harkin, who is so very upset over a single individual who entered the country with TB, is also man working very hard on laws that make it easier for thousands upon thousands of TB cases to walk right into the country, completely undetected. Harkin's voting record on immigration, however, is a bad joke. He has voted time after time after time in favor of amnesty in some form or another. He has voted against increased funding for border patrols. One example (out of many): Sen. Harkin voted against the Ensign Amendment (SA 1219) to H.R. 2360, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The Ensign Amendment transfers appropriated funds from the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the purpose of hiring 1,000 additional Border Patrol agents. The amendment failed, vote of 38 to 60. (Source)

Senator'furious' over TB case by BOB DEANS in Washington, ALISON YOUNG in Denver A "furious" Sen. Tom Harkin is planning to ask tough questions today about how an Atlanta man was able to travel abroad while infected with a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, his spokesman said. Julie Gerberding, director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Fulton County health director Steven Katkowsky are to testify before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the CDC.

Harkin (D-Iowa) chairs the panel. At the same time, Gerberding's chief aide on global migration and quarantine issues, Martin Cetron, is scheduled to testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Somebody needs to sit Senator Harkin down - strapped to a chair, if need be - and ask him a lot of "tough questions." Why, for example, his voting record on immigration has been one long train of ignoring the health threats and security threats to this nation, even after 9/11 and even with full knowledge of the health risks that accompany unregulated immigration.

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