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 have an anticipated debt of $400 billion this year, and that's before the first dollar in whatever military action may be required will be expended, ... Without a question, this will exacerbate the debt and complicate our fiscal circumstances beyond anything, I would say, in history.
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We know that there are still some in the Senate who think that they may have a chance to keep this bill from becoming law, ... We say to them, 'Look what happened in the House. Opponents in the House used every conceivable argument and excuse, every imaginable ploy. They failed and so will you.'
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We've got to rise to a higher level,
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We've finally gotten rid of the deficit, and they're hell-bent on bringing it back,
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We therefore expect more say on how the Senate is run, and that includes everything from deciding what bills are debated on the floor, what goes into conference reports, to deciding committee chairs and ratios, and assigning committee staff and office space,
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to convey our serious concerns about the deteriorating condition of the federal budget and the nation's economy.
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We have those issues to resolve. Negotiations are under way. I think on most of them, it's anybody's guess to resolve.
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time bomb. This is going to be $4-to-$5 trillion when it is fully implemented.
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I can't imagine that we would pass any bill that would tolerate slipping back into a level of intolerance that would be acceptable in today's society,
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given the circumstances, the environment, the sense that we were responding to 9/11, and all of the urgency that was created by the rhetoric and cajoling of the administration.
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I don't know that anyone in this country could view what we've seen so far as a diplomatic success,
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I don't know of another administration that has enjoyed the success in confirmations of its judges as this administration has,
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I am here to announce today with great pride and great enthusiasm that I will do all I can in the next two years to make this man the next president of the United States,
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I believe that the leadership in the Senate needs to know what contingency plans there are in case of an emergency. I don't think that is too much to ask. I feel as a result of the briefing I was given today, I now know. I will leave it at that,