Norm Coleman
Norm Coleman
Norman Bertram "Norm" Coleman, Jr.,is an American lobbyist, lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 2003 until 2009. Coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses. Before becoming a Senator, he was Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Previously a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Coleman became a Republican in 1996...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 August 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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There is a real opportunity right now as parents and grandparents to come up with a plan that leaves our kids with something better than we have; that is, an opportunity to own, build, and grow a nest egg of their own.
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We let the other side put on their case, and they took a record and they kind of threw stuff on the wall, hoping it stuck, ... We could have rebutted all of it, and we didn't.
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I think the president came to a clear understanding that he wasn't having a conversation with the American public, that he wasn't doing a good job of communicating with the public.
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Those folks who think you grow jobs by raising taxes, or you cut the deficit by raising taxes, are simply wrong, ... That's not the way you do it.
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Our preliminary review of these audits only underscores my long held concern about the fraud, mismanagement and lack of adequate oversight at the U.N.'s oil for food program,
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You're not prepared to put a mirror in front of your face and recognize your own inadequacies. Perhaps you may get a more sympathetic hearing if you had a willingness to confess your own sins in this.
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You don't grow jobs, you don't grow the economy by raising taxes, ... The vice president thought that in 1984; he was wrong. He proposes now again what he calls rolling back some of the tax cut -- that's raising taxes.
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anything but straight with the Congress and the American people.
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This is a sad, sordid tale of money laundering involving Pinochet accounts at multiple financial institutions using alias names, offshore accounts and close associates,
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This is how Saddam Hussein used oil for food -- to line his own pockets and and curry favor with politicians.
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This is smart reform that will protect and grow jobs, while significantly decreasing the likelihood airlines such as Northwest will have to transfer their pension liability to the PBGC,
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The U.S. pays 22 percent of the U.N.'s operating budget, the largest of any county, yet this should not be our only reason for pushing reform,
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Kofi Annan is a fine man, but oversaw this incredible disaster of incredible magnitude and really should step down, if we care about the U.N. making reform and regaining credibility,
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I think we can extend MILC and do reconciliation in a way that has little or no impact on other important farm bill initiatives I support and have worked hard to protect. This important provision has been critical for Minnesota dairy farmers in the past, and I am confident it will be equally important in the future.