Quotes by Tom Allen

About Tom Allen:

Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allen is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district, and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins (61.5% to 38.5%).
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While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

Tom Allen

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of the aisle to accomplish anything.

Tom Allen

I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.

Tom Allen

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Tom Allen

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office.

Tom Allen

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that the most important thing in this country is to increase payments for interest on the national debt.

Tom Allen

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

Tom Allen

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.

Tom Allen

Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001 are eligible for federally funded research.

Tom Allen

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.

Tom Allen

The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities.

Tom Allen

I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations.

Tom Allen

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities.

Tom Allen

We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.

Tom Allen

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

Tom Allen

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people.

Tom Allen

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship it should have.

Tom Allen

In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.

Tom Allen

Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation continues to rely on a confused, antiquated system of ocean governance.

Tom Allen

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

Tom Allen

Author Bio

  • NameTom Allen
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornApril 16, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer