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
amount debate good situation spent talking time unusual
Domestically, I think we spent the most amount of time talking about what do we do with the surplus, which is an unusual situation for us, to be able to have a good debate about the surplus,
ask colleagues good helpful position talk
What I'm going to do is talk to my colleagues a little bit. It was a very helpful briefing, and we were in a position to ask a lot of good questions, ... more to say about it later.
change hope job quickly safely senators understand week
It may be another week or so, ... I think most senators understand how these things need to change as circumstances warrant, and we just hope we can get the job done quickly but as safely as possible.
clear direction understanding
Before we make commitments in resources, I think we need to have a clear understanding of what the direction will be,
against challenge difficult
We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.
affect beginning doubt maximize timing
There was a sense I had from the very beginning that this was in part politically motivated, and they were going to maximize the timing to affect those who were having some doubt about this right before the election,