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.

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.

essential for all three branches of government.

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.

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

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.

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

You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out.

Those who are in government have an urgent responsibility to prove to the American people that our government can still work for them.

It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be.

I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.

We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily.

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.

We are here in complete unity with our New York and New Jersey friends, ... We support you, and we're here to continue to provide that support whatever it may mean. That support will be here for whatever length of time it takes.

If if looks like we're going to face a filibuster, we're going to find the time and find the way to break that filibuster in the United States Senate.

He's been silent on the issue. He's been unengaged and showing absolutely no leadership. And I think it's critical that he do so as we go into the busiest and most troubling time of the year from a price perspective.

spend a lot of time attacking the attackers.

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.

time bomb. This is going to be 4-to-5 trillion when it is fully implemented.