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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It's really a repulsive and outrageous attack, once again, on those who question the direction that much of the administration has taken with regard to Iraq,
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It's a major embarrassment, and it's a recognition that we still have a lot of work to do.
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The Congress shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
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The choice is very clear -- either a partisan brinksmanship or a bipartisan accomplishment, ... We can't see a partisan standoff on an issue this important.
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I'm going to do as much as possible to draft a resolution that can be supported by the broadest coalition of senators. We have, in my view, come some distance. We've got a long way to go before that can be achieved,
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Economic strength is not measured in profit statements, but in jobs,
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I think steel is probably something of the past in this country today. I don't think you can sustain the steel industry unless we take this action.
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I cannot recall a time when the gap between the demands we place on our soldiers and the thanks we offer them once they return home has been wider.
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We can't afford to wait, ... We must restore integrity to our investment and pension systems and strengthen government oversight of them. We cannot allow what happened to Enron employees happen to the rest of America.
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It's helpful for us, as policymakers, to have as good a clear a view of what living conditions are and what the demographics of our country are in a fast-changing world, ... Whether there are questions which are too invasive, I am not prepared to make that judgment today. I know a lot of people think so.
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As the representatives of the people we are here to declare that our resolve has not been weakened by these horrific and cowardly acts.
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You almost need to take a nitro-glycerin tablet just to read these numbers,
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The reason we want to continue to talk tonight, ... is to express in as clear and unequivocal a manner as we possibly can that we're going to keep the pressure on tonight, tomorrow, for as long as it takes to get this job done.
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He has invested an inordinate amount of his personal credibility, work and effort to get to this point,