Tom Daschle

I'm disappointed really that the House is going off on all of its tangents once again, ... The capital gains cut apparently is alive and well over there and an array of other things that are just handouts to those who probably don't need it.

Give me a tax cut that isn't popular, ... I mean, the Republicans have built their whole reason for being around this notion that somehow no one should have to pay any taxes.

Many of us of have said from the beginning that we have not seen any intelligence information that would give us any conclusive evidence to suggest the threat was imminent, ... I think this public report now bears that conclusion out.

They don't want a 1.6 trillion dollar tax cut. Now they want a 3.2 trillion dollar tax cut. I don't know why they don't just give the entire federal budget away,

killing the small independent trucker and we've got to find ways to give them some relief.

We hope that they will also announce that they will release all of the information that the 911 commission has requested, ... Certainly having the testimony is good, but having all of the information would be even better.

What I'm going to do is talk to my colleagues a little bit. It was a very helpful briefing, and we were in a position to ask a lot of good questions, ... more to say about it later.

They (the Republicans) can't feel very good about prolonging this, given the results tonight,

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We are awed by their sacrifice and their bravery, and we want them and their families to know that they have the profound respect and gratitude of every American,

I certainly agree with those who have grown impatient with hair-splitting over legal technicalities, ... There is a basic understanding of the standard of truthfulness that the president failed to meet.

I hate to say I told you so, but we told you so,

The most important piece of this package is unemployment and health benefits for unemployed workers, ... Nothing more important.

We've finally gotten rid of the deficit, and they're hell-bent on bringing it back,

This may be the first budget in history that wasn't just dead on arrival -- it was dead before arrival.

This is an issue that's very important to South Dakotans, ... We hope we can find a balanced bill.

Republicans in the House can't help themselves but to load up a bill. They just can't seem to bring themselves to do the right thing and pass a simple extension of unemployment benefits,

The only reason I would hold out the option is that if the House does bring witnesses, I would certainly support the White House bringing witnesses as well,

Why mess with success If the language worked in the House, you would think it would work here in the Senate as well,

We have not been briefed, and we have not been given any new intelligence information,

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I can't imagine that we would pass any bill that would tolerate slipping back into a level of intolerance that would be acceptable in today's society,

We don't know yet whether laws were broken, but there must be enforcement of the law and if the laws were broken someone needs to go to jail,

My leadership allows me to get a lot done for my home state.

I think it's critical that we offer minimum wage limits to all these jobs,