Tommy Thompson
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Tommy Thompson
Tommy George Thompsonis a United States Republican politician who was a state legislator in Wisconsin, and 42nd Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001. During his term as governor he was the chairman of AMTRAK, the nation's passenger rail service. He served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2001–05, appointed by George W. Bush. After his time in the Bush Administration, Thompson was a partner with the law-firm Akin Gump and Chairman of Deloitte's global healthcare...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 November 1941
CityElroy, WI
CountryUnited States of America
I understand the yelling and screaming. They (the activists) would serve their cause much better if they would try and get other countries to contribute to the Global Fund (the United Nations Global Fund to fight AIDS) like the United States.
This rule makes sure that private health information doesn't fall victim to the progress of the information and technology age, ... where an array of data is readily available in computer systems and too often just a keystroke away from being assessed.
We've lost 3,000 jobs in Beaufort County. We've lost half of our manufacturing workforce.
We have 6,000 in the commissioned corps, medical professionals that are able to move in. We have over several hundred in CDC, several hundred doctors and professionals and scientists in at NIH.
What an incredible testament to the people of Ohio County, ... Today underscores what a lot of us have known for a long time: This is a truly great place to call home.
We really have to go to the state to the governor to the legislator and make some changes and make them quickly or we're going to get to the point where we're a third-world nation.
When you use the opportunity to allow the free-market system to work, it has the tendency to drive down costs,
What I'm hearing from some businesses is they are being impacted negatively by the tax,
Weyauwega is a microcosm of how to handle a disaster. This was an example of an emergency situation that would have been a disaster save for the fact we moved quickly and, I believe, correctly.
I think in the heat of emotions, some rhetoric is said that is a little explosive.
Tax cuts are an investment in working families.
There is no greater example of government overreach and unrestrained liberalism than 'Obamacare.' It is so deeply flawed and such a clear and present threat to our economic stability that there is no way to fix it.
Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, if your standard-bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it's gonna reflect on the down-ballot.
The problem keeps getting worse, ... We've seen virtually a doubling in the number of obese persons over the past two decades, and this has profound health implications.