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 hope that they will also announce that they will release all of the information that the 9/11 commission has requested, ... Certainly having the testimony is good, but having all of the information would be even better.
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Whether it's in trade, whether it's in a more permanent presence, whether we can find ways to assist in the Kashmiri dispute, I think that there are ways in which the United States can continue to show its gratitude and to be the player it needs to be in this region and certainly with the government of this country,
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I think Janet Reno deserves commendation, not criticism. She has done an extraordinary job under very, very difficult circumstances, and she deserves our support, and she deserves every bit of the benefit of the doubt here until all the facts are known,
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I think it would be premature to consider any other action in Iraq.
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I think the surplus projections are going to be dramatically different as a result of what you've seen from the stock market over the last couple of weeks,
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I'm still wondering what it is about Mr. Ridge's job that would keep the administration from wanting him to come to the Capitol to talk about the many responsibilities he has,
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We've tried all the voluntary options, ... They have all failed. We know what we've got to do.
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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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The president had a very aggressive agenda in the first two years, an agenda that required much more unity than we were able to achieve.
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The president began to make his case to us today,
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The president and his advisers must accept that continued legal jousting serves no constructive purpose,
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The president will veto it, and there are ample votes to sustain the veto. So, that was an exercise in total futility,