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
I really believe we got to change that tone in Washington, move away from the strict partisan divides, find a way to cross the aisle. That was my experience in St. Paul, and that's the experience that I'll bring to Washington.
Galloway was anything but straight with the Congress. He was anything but straight with the American people.
We completed two pieces of legislation in the highway and energy bill,
We have found disturbing evidence that one of the U.N. oil monitors -- the individuals hired by the U.N. to inspect the oil exports from Iraq under the OFF Program -- took a bribe.
There are already a lot of concerns. This is another concern.
With the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina, we in Congress must use our economic growth in the country to now focus our attention on the Gulf Coast,
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.
If the guy leading the charge is stained with a record of incompetence, of mismanagement, of fraud, it's going to make it very hard for him to do the heavy lifting required,
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,
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.
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.
Laurie and I send our heartfelt prayers and sympathies to the family and friends of those lost and injured today in Red Lake and to all those touched by this tragedy.
There is an election that will be held on November 5, and I'm going to say this: It's just an election, ... My wife and I have lost two children. I know and we know what real loss is, and everything else is very relative after that.
There is a moment of opportunity (with the world summit next week), and that moment ... has to be seized. ... If not, there will be a further undermining of support (for the UN) in the US Congress,