Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson
Politician and member of the Democratic party who became a U.S. Senator from South Dakota in 1997 after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for ten years.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 December 1946
CityCanton, SD
CountryUnited States of America
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Promoting an environment for business growth is central to the vitality of our small towns. I am pleased that the community of Miller will benefit from this funding through the creation of jobs and fostering the success of a local small business.
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Some people may raise an eyebrow, but this is not unprecedented,
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Our American democracy is in danger of being sold to the highest bidder, and there can be little doubt as to why so many U.S. citizens have become increasingly cynical about the integrity of the entire process,
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They had to get her out of her house on an air mattress and get her and the rest of my family to the convention center,
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They are spending probably 100 times what they used to spend on parent engagement. We're just not getting any value out of that. How can you have a full-time, union person in the school as a parent coordinator and still not have a functioning P.T.A.?
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A balanced budget takes us in the right direction. Clearly, adding billions and trillions of dollars to our debt takes us in the wrong direction.
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The big ISPs are clearly missing out on this segment of the market,
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This is yet another example of how out-of-touch Washington, D.C. is with life in rural America, and I pledge to oppose this plan at every level.
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It's the high quality of the work at Ellsworth Air Force Base. We had a quality product to sell, ... Secondly, the BRAC commission deserves a lot of commendation for approaching this issue from a very independent point of view. They were open to the merits of our arguments and we need to commend them for that.
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It is vital that the chairman make decisions affecting the economy with great care and remain free from political influences,
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David Crane asked if we could help. Rotary was going to do it by itself, but it couldn't.
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