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
hate
I hate to say I told you so, but we told you so,
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We have a body of evidence which is just phenomenal, 60,000 pages, five volumes, an amazing array of data, ... We are ready now to present the evidence and make the decisions.
hours prior proceed resolve time
We want to give it another effort, another 24 hours or less, to see if we can't find a way to resolve how we can proceed prior to the time we'd have a vote,
fully insure prepared
to insure that they are fully prepared for testimony.
bulk element ensure fairness perhaps provide regard relief tax
With regard to fairness perhaps the most important element is to ensure that we provide the bulk of tax relief to working families.
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When you look at what John Edwards has done for working families, for people who have been fighting hard all their lives to make ends meet, I can't think of a more qualified candidate than John Edwards,
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What happened on September 11th did not diminish our strength, ... It renewed it.
clarify financial interest
to clarify this discrepancy of no financial interest.
candid deal expects fair great laid president talk
The president was very candid as he laid out what he expects to talk about tonight, ... And I think it's fair to say that there is a great deal of mutuality in our agendas.
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The president told me about it, and I agree, ... It's unfortunate, but there's no choice. Some people just can't resist talking.
hopeful
There are a lot of things that we can do together, and I'm hopeful that we can find a way and that we can demonstrate that this is a new day,
until
We'll keep doing it and doing it and doing it and we'll keep doing it until it's done. And that's a promise,
additional chance early improvement
There is still improvement that I think can be made and as long as I think that there is a chance that we could make additional improvements, I want to try to do that. I think it is too early to try to give up on making the effort,
count though turns twists unexpected word
There have been so many unexpected twists and turns in the proceedings and in these developments to date, that to count on that, even though I know their word is good, is more than we can accept,