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 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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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.
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We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.
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We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States.
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We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.
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It would be nice if we could clear up the nominations that are still out there, and there are a lot of them.
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It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be.
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Let there be no doubt: the state of our union is strong - stronger than the terrorists who seek to harm us and stronger than the challenges that confront us. At the same time, we know that our union can be stronger still.
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You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out.
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The campaign is over. It's time for the work of governing to begin.
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We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily.
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What we need is not more distrust and division. What we need now is acceptance.