Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschleis a policy advisor, lobbyist, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota, and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 December 1947
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Why mess with success? If the language worked in the House, you would think it would work here in the Senate as well,
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We are asking the President to nominate a new SEC chairman ... someone who understands the importance of avoiding even the appearance of conflict of interest ... especially now, with confidence in the market still so fragile,
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The question Sen. Lott needs to answer is, if he did not mean to endorse segregation, what did he mean?
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Those who have examined his record very closely are convinced that he's probably incapable of upholding civil rights laws as they ought to be interpreted,
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Those who are in government have an urgent responsibility to prove to the American people that our government can still work for them.
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We are dismayed and we are angered at the news of WorldCom today,
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We are interested in keeping the focus on Iraq, not on other countries in the region that may also pose a threat or a concern to the United States, and I think that is one of the issues we want to raise with the administration as we continue our discussions,
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With regard to fairness perhaps the most important element is to ensure that we provide the bulk of tax relief to working families.
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to insure that they are fully prepared for testimony.
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We aren't comfortable coercing somebody to speak, ... But when you have somebody this important and when you have the issue as critical as it is for all of this country at stake, there shouldn't be any question about his willingness to come before the committees.
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We're not going to give. We fought very hard to get to this point, ... A meaningful patients' bill of rights is one of the most important things the American people want us to do.
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where I come from would earn a trip to the woodshed.
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We're in a very unpredictable mode at this point,
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Diplomacy has been exhausted .. Continued instability in the Balkans threatens important U.S. national interests,.