Tom Allen
Tom Allen
Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allenis a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district, and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 April 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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This is all sweetness, but the work force here did this over a number of years. This is a great day for northern Maine.
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Winter in # Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity.
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Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.
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In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.
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I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.
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I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations.
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I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.
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Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.
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I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.
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We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.
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What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that the most important thing in this country is to increase payments for interest on the national debt.
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By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America!
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But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.
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Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001 are eligible for federally funded research.