Olympia Snowe
Olympia Snowe
Olympia Jean Snoweis an American politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe, a member of the Republican Party, became widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. In 2006, she was named one of America's Best Senators by Time Magazine. Snowe was famously known for her ability to compromise and her strong sense of bipartisanship. Along with Susan Collins, she was considered one of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 February 1947
CountryUnited States of America
We are reasserting congressional responsibility of oversight with respect to this program.
We should not be acting precipitously to undermine the basic tenet of this program, that has worked well for 70 years by providing a defined, guaranteed benefit,
We are here today because we want to be responsible stewards of the surplus,
The reality is, this is a very different world than where we were even six months ago,
I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.
Joining the Bipartisan Policy Center is a natural extension of my efforts to achieve results throughout my tenure in Congress, and it provides an ideal means for developing strategies that can garner the broad support necessary to achieve real solutions to the challenges confronting our nation.
In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the costs of their prescription drugs and strengthen the overall integrity of the Medicare entitlement.
You can never solve a problem without talking to people with whom you disagree. The United States Senate is predicated and based on consensus building. That was certainly the vision of the founding fathers.
The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states.
We have not heard, clearly, what they intend to do, ... I hope the commission makes it clear what this new status is in terms of aircraft and staffing.
We want to avoid creating this sort of inevitability that it's an all-or-nothing proposition that leads us down the path of a dead-end street. This package really does reflect, I believe, the more cautionary approach.