Norm Coleman
Norm Coleman
Norman Bertram "Norm" Coleman, Jr.,is an American lobbyist, lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 2003 until 2009. Coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses. Before becoming a Senator, he was Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Previously a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Coleman became a Republican in 1996...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 August 1949
CountryUnited States of America
I think we can extend MILC and do reconciliation in a way that has little or no impact on other important farm bill initiatives I support and have worked hard to protect. This important provision has been critical for Minnesota dairy farmers in the past, and I am confident it will be equally important in the future.
There is a moment of opportunity (with the world summit next week), and that moment ... has to be seized. ... If not, there will be a further undermining of support (for the UN) in the US Congress,
Our preliminary review of these audits only underscores my long held concern about the fraud, mismanagement and lack of adequate oversight at the U.N.'s oil for food program,
My mom didn't raise dumb kids, and I'm a little confused as to who has ultimate responsibility.
that when it's time for them to retire, there's going to be something there for them.
With the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina, we in Congress must use our economic growth in the country to now focus our attention on the Gulf Coast,
We completed two pieces of legislation in the highway and energy bill,
We have found disturbing evidence that one of the U.N. oil monitors -- the individuals hired by the U.N. to inspect the oil exports from Iraq under the OFF Program -- took a bribe.
We need long-term reforms that can only be achieved from the outside looking in.
We have what we would call the smoking gun.
We have what I think we call the smoking gun, ... The additional evidence clearly demonstrates the testimony Mr. Galloway provided the sub-committee was false and misleading.
Our cattlemen have given us the safest, most abundant, most affordable beef supply in the world and I trust their judgment. And if you look at consumer confidence in this country, so does the American public.
There is a real opportunity right now as parents and grandparents to come up with a plan that leaves our kids with something better than we have; that is, an opportunity to own, build, and grow a nest egg of their own.
There is an election that will be held on November 5, and I'm going to say this: It's just an election, ... My wife and I have lost two children. I know and we know what real loss is, and everything else is very relative after that.