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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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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It is our intention, of course, to try to do all we can to improve that bill, ... We want to ensure that seniors have access to these drug benefits through Medicare itself. We want to make sure they know what it's going to cost. We want to make sure they know what they can count on with regard to the benefits themselves.
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We have a real problem with regard to Social Security and Medicare,
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We don't know what effect this will have yet. We do know that it poses some serious questions regarding our relationship with our allies, with Russia and with China, that we're going to have to consider very, very carefully,
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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 support the president's authority to make decisions with regard to clemency and pardons. That is a president's right, ... But I must say I am troubled deeply by the lack of remorse, the lack of empathy for the victims on the part of the Puerto Ricans themselves. And based upon that, I intend to vote in favor of the resolution.
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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,
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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.
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The stock dividend approach is dead on arrival,