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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Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

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Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.

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By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America!

Tom Allen

To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it.

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Through their work with fetal tissue, researchers hope to find ways to harness embryonic stem cells which have the ability to become any type of human cell and could provide new treatments for many illnesses.

Tom Allen

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.

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Winter in Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity.

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These kids understood what is not immediately obvious; that they were going to pay the bills for tax cuts that had been passed today or in the last 4 years, and for the war in Iraq, because essentially we are borrowing money to do those things.

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Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response.

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I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

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They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.

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Author Bio

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