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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To support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research is to come down on the side of hope for the millions of Americans suffering from diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to cancer to Parkinson's to diabetes,
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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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We are dismayed and we are angered at the news of WorldCom today,
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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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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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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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I think we are isolating ourselves, and in so isolating ourselves, I think we're minimizing ourselves, I don't think we are taken as seriously today as we were a few years ago.
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On issues relating to taxes, you don't always speak with one voice.
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Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.
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There are those who have expressed concern that this has become politicized, ... I think you have to ask the tough questions to get the right answers.
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Whether we come up with a solution or not is an open question. Members on both sides of the aisle are wanting to be careful about things we write here.