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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We are going to have to keep the effort to find some mutual agreement at a later date. We're not going to do that today, ... We certainly have to work to extend unemployment benefits.
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We are here in complete unity with our New York and New Jersey friends, ... We support you, and we're here to continue to provide that support whatever it may mean. That support will be here for whatever length of time it takes.
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There are those who have expressed concern that this has become politicized, ... I think you have to ask the tough questions to get the right answers.
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We have a real problem with regard to Social Security and Medicare,
We have, in my view, come some distance, ... We got a long way to go before that can be achieved.
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Our right to privacy is at risk. As a result, some of our most sensitive, private matters end up on databases that are then sold to the highest bidder. That is wrong, it's dangerous, and it has to stop.
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Our tax cut has to fit in within a responsible budget,
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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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Our bill is a real plan, theirs is a placebo,
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reasonably optimistic that we can come up with a procedural agreement, certainly in the next 24 hours.
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President Bush has said that the ecomnomy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.
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President Bush and I both support a tax cut and I am confident that we can agree on a plan that benefits all Americans, not just the wealthy.