Olympia Snowe
Olympia Snowe
Olympia Jean Snoweis an American politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe, a member of the Republican Party, became widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. In 2006, she was named one of America's Best Senators by Time Magazine. Snowe was famously known for her ability to compromise and her strong sense of bipartisanship. Along with Susan Collins, she was considered one of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 February 1947
CountryUnited States of America
Apparently she's the only one who is happy with this bill,
As a Greek-American, I am especially pleased that Ambassador Negroponte has earned the honor of being nominated to this most prominent position of responsibility in the intelligence community. He is a role model to all Greek-Americans, making the entire Hellenic community proud.
scathing indictment of the climate and leadership to permit sexual harassment to permeate all levels of the Army.
It was wonderful and heartfelt. We told him he had a lot of friends who care about him and the issues he has embraced over his career.
We should not be acting precipitously to undermine the basic tenet of this program, that has worked well for 70 years by providing a defined, guaranteed benefit,
She did make an extraordinary difference for women as I can tell you from my own personal experience. I well remember the sense of awe when I came to Washington, D.C. ... as a senior in college, sitting across the desk from her. Little did I realize that because of the doors that she opened she would make it possible for me to sit one day at her very desk on the floor of the United States Senate.
More mouthpieces doesn't guarantee diversity and localism and competition, ... Diversity of ownership does.
needed to offer a personal, passionate and sincere renunciation of racism and segregation in all its forms, and he did that.
People will have trouble keeping a job, or even getting a job if their genetic information gets to an insurer, a potential employer or even an employer,
The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states.
You can never solve a problem without talking to people with whom you disagree. The United States Senate is predicated and based on consensus building. That was certainly the vision of the founding fathers.
When my first husband died, what I tried to do is to sort of, you know, try to bring some rationale to the circumstance and think about worse circumstances, and also open the door to what other women experienced when all of a sudden they were left alone. And particularly if they had children.
It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the costs of their prescription drugs and strengthen the overall integrity of the Medicare entitlement.
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.