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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All we're saying simply is that there are a lot of different factors that ought to be considered as you really strive to achieve diversity in our society and especially on campus. Race is among them,
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All we are saying is that if we're going to have continued trade, let's at least ensure that the level of safety is equal on the other side of the border,
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The gimmickry in this bill is enough to make an Enron executive blush.
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I think it's critical that we offer minimum wage limits to all these jobs,
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I think it's important for us to try to find ways to work together,
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I think it's important that, to the extent possible, those contingency plans be coordinated, that each branch work in concert with the other. I don't think that's been done adequately to date, but I am confident that it could be in the future,
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It involves greater surveillance. It involves improving the working relationship among federal and state and local agencies. It involves more border control and border opportunities to deal with those involved in crossing our borders,
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I think the bill would be hard to oppose.
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I think that there is an implication here, as they've done throughout this debate on Iraq, that if you oppose the president, your patriotism ought to be questioned, ... Meet the Press.
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I think that there is a great deal of interest in delineating more specifically what the White House would be empowered to do under this resolution, and I think it is also in our interest in insuring that we have exhausted our other options, working with the United Nations, working in a multi-lateral fashion,
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I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.
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We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.
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We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States.
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It would be nice if we could clear up the nominations that are still out there, and there are a lot of them.