Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson
Politician and member of the Democratic party who became a U.S. Senator from South Dakota in 1997 after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for ten years.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 December 1946
CityCanton, SD
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm not sure at what point the scope gets too big for our community. I'm holding off on forming an opinion until I find out more.
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I'm doing the very best that I can to try to contain the negative politics and the third-party groups coming into our state, ... But you've got to contain the whole thing. You can't have attacks against Daschle with a wink to John saying we're really beating up on Tim Johnson.
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and one woman told us, 'Now at least I know where to go to get blankets. There are people I'm worried about, so now I can get blankets and take them there.'
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The truth is, the Senate Ethics Committee operates effectively and in a bipartisan fashion.
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This is a great decision for America's national security. It's also a great decision for the people of South Dakota,
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The Department of Education has one problem: There aren't enough good schools. That's why parents are so possessive of the 'X' number of good schools. Everyone wants to protect a good school.
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The Japanese and other countries would love to buy American beef, I believe, but they want to know that it's American beef that they're buying and not beef that's simply been funneled through our country from BSE-infected nations.
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Purge, emerge and flourish. It's natural.
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There is no end to learning, but there are many beginnings……
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Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start.
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By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.
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I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt.
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Simply cutting the taxes for America's wealthiest families is clearly not creating the needed new jobs, and that strategy is unlikely to succeed in the future.
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We have a country that wants to believe it is the best in everything, but until all of us embrace the idea that health care should be a right, not a privilege, our system cannot be glibly described as, quote, 'the best in the world.