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 think there's a lot of concern, has FEMA become a political dumping ground? Have they lost their professionalism, lost the focus under this new kind of circumstance so there will be a hard look at FEMA and what the overall response has been.
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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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The process was so difficult and so charged that I don't know if a two-year bill would have gotten you anything other than more of the same. Do you rip the Band-Aid off fast or slow?
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This proposal is ill-advised and ill-conceived and obviously occurred with little consultation within the farming community,
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This project is remarkable in its scope and scale, and I congratulate John Morrell on this endeavor. The project can be expected to provide a considerable boost to our South Dakota workforce and promises economic growth in the Sioux Falls community.
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President Bush has stated that the patients' bill of rights legislation ... is dead on arrival, ... If the president can't bring himself to sign a true patients' bill of rights, then he should let it become law without his signature just as he did when he was governor of Texas.
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It is not like there are not other things that need to be done here and we are well aware of that. There are other infrastructure issues here, ... The proposed National Guard Armory is an example of that.
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The American people in general won this debate.
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I would leave all those options on the table,
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Parents are very angry ... they're trying to make a point.
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Pacifiers have gotten a bad name for concerns that it might interfere with breastfeeding and proper tooth development, ... But the evidence does show pacifiers reduce the risk of SIDS for reason that aren't totally clear.
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I think a lot of the buck does stop with FEMA, ... Their system for matching law enforcement needs with law enforcement resources out around the country broke down.
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We're already well into the process of meeting with community and faith groups to help them see how they can access broader resources down the line. What's constant are the communities and the churches in those communities. Long term recovery will be their responsibility when other support organizations have gone.