Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschleis a policy advisor, lobbyist, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota, and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 December 1947
fully time trillion
time bomb. This is going to be $4-to-$5 trillion when it is fully implemented.
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We must prepare for it now. We cannot afford to dig ourselves into a fiscal hole as we did in the 1980s. We cannot afford to return to the fiscal irresponsibility and weakness of times past.
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We have come up with a delicate, but yes, successful compromise. There is no question all 100 of us could go through this bill with a fine-tooth comb and cherry pick and find improvements... we've got a job to do, the clock is ticking and the work needs to get done.
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I would like to think they are honest differences of opinion, ... That's my story right now, and I'm sticking to it.
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I would advise them not to skip anything at this point. They're legally bound to fill out the forms and I think it would be very precarious for anyone to choose to comply or not to comply.
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merely replacing Secretary O'Neill and Lindsey is not a solution. With our economy stalling, unemployment rising and confidence suffering, it is clear that we need more than new faces. We need a new plan to stimulate our economy now.
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We aren't comfortable coercing somebody to speak, ... But when you have somebody this important and when you have the issue as critical as it is for all of this country at stake, there shouldn't be any question about his willingness to come before the committees.
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We have not been briefed, and we have not been given any new intelligence information,
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We haven't made progress. We've moved back from progress, ... a half-measure only.
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Our goal is to make sure that it's done within the context of fiscal responsibility. We've got to recognize that we didn't get here by accident,
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Our first challenge is to strengthen the economy, the right way,
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Our view is that there has to be some way ... to deal with this matter beyond the question of conviction, and we think censure presents that opportunity and we will be planning to propose that at some point,
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We're not going to give. We fought very hard to get to this point, ... A meaningful patients' bill of rights is one of the most important things the American people want us to do.
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I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.