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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Diversity in education is not a waste of time. It should be a national goal, and it's a goal we're going to keep fighting for.
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Clearly we know what the goal is here. The goal is to contain Milosevic. The goal is to stop the extraordinary violation of human rights. The goal is to undermine his military capability, ... We can achieve those goals.
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Our goal is to make sure that it's done within the context of fiscal responsibility. We've got to recognize that we didn't get here by accident,
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I'm very disappointed and somewhat surprised that there has been that kind of activity this early, ... It certainly violates the spirit of the agreement that we just all agreed to last week.
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information that would lead anyone to believe that there is a higher threat level today than there has been for some time.
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indicated that he's not really looking for a victory. He just wanted to have a debate.
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In 1981 ... I sat in the House chamber when another new president talked to the American people about stimulating the economy,
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Economic strength is not measured in profit statements, but in jobs,
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the best we can get under these circumstances.
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That is probably the key factor in support of any tax measure, whether we have that $35 billion locked in or not,
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They have to do a lot more than tell people that the responsibility is now on their shoulders.
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There was a sense I had from the very beginning that this was in part politically motivated, and they were going to maximize the timing to affect those who were having some doubt about this right before the election,
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The new compromise appears to have the votes, so we will vote on it,
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It's really a repulsive and outrageous attack, once again, on those who question the direction that much of the administration has taken with regard to Iraq,