Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conradis a former United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee for twelve years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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dramatically change the role of the United States Senate.
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I don't think giving enemy combatants access to the federal court system is a precedent we want to set,
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I believe President Bush's campaign promises are unraveling, ... He claimed we could afford his massive tax cut, a major defense buildup, more money for education, while paying down the debt and protecting Social Security and Medicare. He was wrong.
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All of them are being threatened by this policy of ever escalating deficits and debt,
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The ground-breaking research that will be done right here in North Dakota will allow our grandchildren to drive hydrogen-powered cars, live in hydrogen-powered homes and end our country's addiction to foreign sources of energy.
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The truth is there are no surpluses, ... There are liabilities.
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These growing deficits and debt threaten our nation's long-term economic security. As deficits climb, we are borrowing more and more money from Japan, China, and even South Korea. That makes us weaker,
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When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of reconciliation is for deficit reduction!
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The reality is no one knows how much it will cost us to wage war with Iraq.
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So I put that all together and I find it makes it hard to justify a filibuster.
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Certainly Social Security needs to be reformed.
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Governments can inflate their way out of debt, but that has consequences, doesn't it?
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Highway spending, which I think most everybody says is badly needed in this country, creates American jobs, and also makes America more competitive.
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I would do away with super PACs. I think it's a cancer.