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
face option running
It will be uncomfortable clearly, but I don't see any other real option ... Let's get on with the business. This is important, but so is running the country, ... Face the Nation.
commit continue effort gone pressure
It will be gone if we don't do something soon. We've got to act. We've got to commit resources, ... We've got to show leadership. We've got to continue the pressure and put the effort in place, or it's all gone.
bill ensure help jam next send stimulus success votes
(They are going to) send another stimulus bill over here and jam us? ... Well, that isn't going to work. You need 60 votes to get something done here. The only way we are going to get something done, to ensure success in the next 72 hours, is to help ... laid-off workers.
died september terrorists victims
They are the victims of terrorists just as those who died on September 11,
bill pull
They want to pull the bill in a clandestine way. They want to be able to pull the bill with our fingerprints on it. And we're not going to give them that opportunity.
economy unemployed walked
They've walked out on the talks. They've walked out on unemployed workers, and they've walked out on America's economy and that is an outrage,
issue rather run
They would rather use this as an issue to run scurrilous ads.
people responsibility
They have to do a lot more than tell people that the responsibility is now on their shoulders.
amount debate good situation spent talking time unusual
Domestically, I think we spent the most amount of time talking about what do we do with the surplus, which is an unusual situation for us, to be able to have a good debate about the surplus,
choked congress debt deficits high huge interest national rates supported
Congress supported the experiment. It was a huge mistake. Deficits skyrocketed. The national debt quadrupled. High interest rates choked American industries. Unemployment soared.
concern details illegal raised
Even with some of the more troublesome ? and potentially illegal ? details omitted, I still raised significant concern about these actions.
everybody hope less seems time understand
Everybody has to give. We understand that. I hope they understand that. The less time there is, the more give there has to be, it seems to me,
month official position report result share
That report is now a month overdue, ... We don't yet know what the administration's official position is as a result of their unwillingness to share a report with us.
major work
It's a major embarrassment, and it's a recognition that we still have a lot of work to do.