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 don't believe that either political party has particularly distinguished itself on energy strategy for a long, long time, going back decades ... there's a little bit of finger-pointing that can go in both directions. I don't think the Democrats have distinguished themselves, I don't think the Republicans have either,
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I have long believed that the education of our nation's children should be the result of a strong federal-state-local partnership.
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We were trying to kick the bag out of each other. Ryan doesn't believe me when I tell him this, but he is so unbelievably strong. If he had gone as hard as he could have for the last two laps he would have won no question. But when you try and play McCormack's game he's going to lose, because Mark already has 150 finished just like that in his brain.
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We were trying to kick the bag out of each other, ... Ryan doesn't believe me when I tell him this, but he is so unbelievably strong. If he had gone as hard as he could have for the last two laps he would have won no question. But when you try and play McCormack's game he's going to lose, because Mark already has 150 finished just like that in his brain.
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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.
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The big ISPs are clearly missing out on this segment of the market,
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The basis for the denial was the opposition of the Bay Arbor subdivision neighbors who wanted a traffic light. That is not a legal reason.
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Not surprisingly, it's hard to draw hard-and-fast conclusions on how he will vote, ... There is no question he is a conservative.
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These often require different treatments in smaller quantities than your typical commercial operations with large blocks of plants.
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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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It's hard because you don't understand what he's going to do next.
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It seemed obvious to me our arguments on behalf of Ellsworth were gaining traction.
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We certainly will be vocal advocates for the power plant to be built in a South Dakota location, ... This would not just be a boost for this community, but the entire region.