Tommy Thompson
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
What we're going to do as a department is to collaborate and to cooperate and partnership with the people of Iraq to rebuild that medical system back to what it was in the 1970s,
We're asking the fast food industry and all of the restaurants to start looking at their menus and see if they can diversify and put healthier foods on there and help to promote them.
We have a real serious problem facing us in America. It's nothing to get real worried about, just be careful. If you are out, make sure you put some mosquito repellent on,
The time to stop using these products is now,
All of us stand today at the precipice of a new era, where science holds the promise of curing the most devastating diseases,
As we all know, the issues that were prominent on President-elect Bush's campaign agenda are the issues that, predominantly, the Department of the Health and Human Services will help him tackle over the next four years. I appreciate the confidence that he is showing in me today,
I think the governor is putting this out to see what response he might get, ... It's an indication the governor recognizes we have these revenue challenges.
This embargo will help us protect the American public and prevent introduction of SARS in the United States,
I personally feel it's premature to consider any tax increases until we have a better understanding of the revenue (generated by) our recently enacted -- and I might add historic -- tax modernization package, ... If it accomplishes its objectives ... it will create more revenue for Kentucky.
It's really trying to put pressure on them to do what's right for America.
The solution, I think, is bail reform having some people released through the pretrial release program, which we don't have, ... There should be some place to keep your lesser (offenders), your public drunks and your thieves.
Brian really had an excellent day. There were a lot of good players here, and for him to place fourth as a sophomore is great.
We've lost 3,000 jobs in Beaufort County. We've lost half of our manufacturing workforce.
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.