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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Those who have examined his record very closely are convinced that he's probably incapable of upholding civil rights laws as they ought to be interpreted,
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this ought to be reviewed very carefully... with regard to what it was we knew, what actions were taken, what statements were correct, and which ones were incorrect. The sooner we can acquire that information the better for the country.
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I think that there is an implication here, as they've done throughout this debate on Iraq, that if you oppose the president, your patriotism ought to be questioned, ... Meet the Press.
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I think that it's so critical when you make a request to the Congress to authorize and appropriate $38 billion for homeland security, somebody ought to come up and explain just how you're going to spend it, ... Those issues are going unanswered in large measure because Mr. Ridge refuses to testify. We just have to find a way hopefully without the use of coercion to have those questions answered for the record.
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I don't see what purpose it serves by attacking one another at this point. If ever there was a time for us to present a unified front to Iraq, this ought to be it.
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I asked President Clinton to give us his observations about how we might work more closely together, and also as to how we ought to look at our own responsibilities as we see them in creating our agenda this year, ... How we articulate them and how we mesh that agenda with our presidential candidate will be the topic for conversation with President Clinton.
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All we're saying simply is that there are a lot of different factors that ought to be considered as you really strive to achieve diversity in our society and especially on campus. Race is among them,
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I believe all options ought to be on the table,
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We just turned down $292 million for Indian health care in this country. We're told that we can't afford it, and we don't have the resources,
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We were promised that if we gave huge tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, the benefits would trickle down, deficits would disappear and the economy would flourish.
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We lost an extraordinary judge, an extraordinary member of the Supreme Court, someone who has had a profound impact on this country and its legal system,
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We will not allow this bill to be ... sneaked through a back door when no one is looking, ... This is a Frankenstein monster of a bill. It's time to take it back to the laboratory.
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We will never forget the heartbreaking loss, ... We will never forget the selfless heroes. We will never forget the terrible beauty that was born here, one year ago.
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We feel very strongly that this wasn't the approach in which we would have chosen to debate this incredibly important issue, ... We are having to deal with very unfair and very unfortunate circumstances, so we will present our case through the amendment process.