379 Quotes by Tom Daschle

On September 14th, we voted unanimously to send our troops into action against the perpetrators of the cowardly and heinous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. That was our constitutional duty, and it is one that none of us takes lightly,

We're not going to give. We fought very hard to get to this point, ... A meaningful patients' bill of rights is one of the most important things the American people want us to do.

As we speak, the Senate is in session,

I think we are isolating ourselves, and in so isolating ourselves, I think we're minimizing ourselves, I don't think we are taken as seriously today as we were a few years ago.

One of the responsibilities of his job is to increase the confidence in this country about the importance that our country is placing on homeland security, that we understand its complexities and the difficult challenges we face, ... But if he can't be an advocate before Congress, it's hard for me to understand how he can be an advocate before the country.

There are other ways to spend that money, ... In our view, all of these issues are relevant to the debate on the marriage penalty.

All of us are left to draw one conclusion: His words about promoting educational opportunity were just that -- words.

Diplomacy has been exhausted .. Continued instability in the Balkans threatens important U.S. national interests,.

I was struck by how vacant the galleries were and so few seniors citizens looking down, ... What you saw instead were lobbyists packing the halls. They will do well. Our seniors will not, and that is why the fight will go on.