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
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Diversity in education is not a waste of time. It should be a national goal, and it's a goal we're going to keep fighting for.
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And yet he is now asking for health care for the Iraqi people. He's asking for education for the Iraqi children. He's asking for money for an Iraqi highway bill -- highway construction.
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No, I'm not interested in vice president or the cabinet.
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It's way past time to close this gap,
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It will be uncomfortable clearly, but I don't see any other real option ... Let's get on with the business. This is important, but so is running the country, ... Face the Nation.
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It will be gone if we don't do something soon. We've got to act. We've got to commit resources, ... We've got to show leadership. We've got to continue the pressure and put the effort in place, or it's all gone.
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It may be another week or so, ... I think most senators understand how these things need to change as circumstances warrant, and we just hope we can get the job done quickly but as safely as possible.
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It was as close to a tie as history has ever seen, ... I fully support and accept the results of this election, let there be no mistake about it. But we all know that the vice president received more than 300,000 votes and the issue is: Now, where do we go from here?
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It is our strong desire to continue a presence here, to recognize that we cannot leave with the job half-done. But we'll determine the role and the degree of presence in the coming weeks and months,
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It is our intention, of course, to try to do all we can to improve that bill, ... We want to ensure that seniors have access to these drug benefits through Medicare itself. We want to make sure they know what it's going to cost. We want to make sure they know what they can count on with regard to the benefits themselves.
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It is unfortunate that the Russians knew before the leaders did, ... It's unfortunate that a matter of this import would not have been vetted more carefully or completely and with greater care for U.S. foreign policy than this was.
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I told him how critical this was to me, ... I think it did make a difference that I had access to him.
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It would not be my assumption that the military course is the only action available to (the president) today,
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The world should know that the members of both parties, in both houses, stand united in this: The full resources of our government will be brought to bear in aiding the search and rescue, and in hunting down those responsible and those who have aided or harbored them,