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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Those are the very things I've urged the administration to do for some time.
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Social Security has not contributed to the deficit problem.
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One reason the Founding Fathers thought that states should have two senators was so that smaller states wouldn't get run over and could bring their interests to the attention of the Senate more broadly.
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The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget.
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When you're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar that you spend, that can't continue much longer. I think everybody really does understand that, and it's going to require all of us - those who are the most fortunate among us - but it's really going to require every American to contribute to a solution.
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The fact is, we have worked together effectively as a team for North Dakota, most recently in the fight to save our bases, ... I look forward to continuing to work together to serve the people of our state.
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The reality here is we've got a problem here and it's a big problem.
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We have just had a massive disaster, ... This is not a time to be cutting services to the most needy among us.
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President Bush is the most fiscally irresponsible President in our nation's history.
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It is important that we have strong, farmer-friendly leadership at FSA. We must fill the void quickly so there is no disruption in the critical services FSA provides to our agriculture communities.
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It is important that we have strong, farmer-friendly leadership at FSA, ... We must fill the void quickly so there is no disruption in the critical services FSA provides to our agriculture communities.
I think he can get from 75 to 80 votes.
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My own view is that we ought to protect the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, then, with what is left, have significant tax cuts.
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People are acting like this $5.6 trillion surplus is etched in stone. It's not. It's etched in quicksand.