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
children war cutting
To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it
winter unique land
Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people
party together identity
If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of the aisle to accomplish anything.
lying confused ocean
Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation continues to rely on a confused, antiquated system of ocean governance.
ocean animal land
The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.
generosity simplicity feelings
The Sudanese have delighted me, not only in their generosity and simplicity, but also in their tendency to take tea with milk and not to hesitate to dunk biscuits in it. As an Englishman, you can imagine the feeling of fraternal closeness that this activity has generated.
religious rights special
The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities.
hippie rights law
They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.
thinking media years
Incivility is a symptom, not the disease. We've always had partisan conflict in Congress, and we always will. Yet when I worked for a year (1970-71) on the staff of Sen. Ed Muskie of Maine, this was a different place, more collegial, more sensitive to data, more concerned about all of the American people. I think because the for-profit media prizes conflict above cooperation and sound bites above analysis, politicians have learned to adapt to those tendencies. Consequently, our public debates are dumbed down as our problems grow more complex.
mercury problem plant
Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response
quality special mercury
The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities
office president mercury
President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office
business community backbone
Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.
cells promise research
Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.