Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has a “wish list” of legislation he hopes to get through congress and to the president’s desk before he retires.

Harkin is not seeking reelection and his current term will end in early January when his replacement is sworn in. For over a year Harkin has been pressing for a vote in the senate on a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage.

Another bill on Harkin’s wish list is called the “Strong Start for America’s Children Act” and it seeks to increase access to early childhood education, particularly for low- and moderate-income families. A bill Harkin helped craft that’s already passed the senate on a 96 to two vote would set new standards for federally-financed child care and after school programs for low income families.

Finally, one of Harkin’s highest priorities as he winds down his political career is not federal legislation, but it requires senate action nonetheless. Harkin’s among those pressing for a vote in the Senate to ratify an international treaty on the rights of persons with disabilities.

Harkin was joined at a July news conference by Republican Senator John McCain and former Kansas Senator Bob Dole to publicly lobby for a senate vote on the United Nations treaty that bans discrimination against people with disabilities.

Harkin was a co-sponsor of the 1994 Americans with Disabilities Act, which served as the model for the U.N. treaty.