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Joe Lieberman

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Joseph Lieberman is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. Initially a member of the Democratic Party, he gained national prominence as the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election alongside Al Gore. After losing the election, Lieberman continued to serve in the Senate, where he became known for his centrist views and willingness to cross party lines, particularly on issues such as national security and energy policy.

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Dec 1, 1997

I believe it is important that we provide the President with the time and space and support he needs to carry out his most important duties and protect our national interest and security.

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Dec 1, 1997

the Senator from Connecticut for what he had to say, and what he has had to say on many other occasions on other subjects, and for the leadership he has provided on children and the violence and the filth they are being exposed to, and the…

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Dec 1, 1997

I think at times like this, when our Constitution is going to be reviewed again as to what it means and when we are going to have to make decisions about what to do when we are presented with a set of facts--which may be nothing--it is…

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Dec 1, 1997

I think that we can come back as a Congress and finish out our business and perform our responsibilities and do the things that we ask permission to do and we sought the power of this office from our people to do.

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Dec 1, 1997

I believe that the President could have lessened the harm his relationship with Ms.

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Dec 1, 1997

I believe the talk of impeachment and resignation now is unwise because it ignores the reality that, while the Page S9925 independent counsel proceeds with his investigation, the President is still our Nation's leader, our Commander in…

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Dec 1, 1997

I believe that the harm the President's actions have caused extend beyond the political arena.

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Dec 1, 1997

I believe it is important for those of us who serve, especially in leadership responsibilities, as I do on the Democratic side, chairing the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, to come and say that this is not just inappropriate…

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Dec 1, 1997

the Senator from Connecticut has done is come as an American--not as a Democrat, but as an American, as a U.

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Dec 1, 1997

I believe, in fact, they could become the foundation, the basis, for us to heal a wound that will otherwise not just divide Democrat from Democrat--which is likely to occur--but open up a fissure in America that will make it difficult for…

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Dec 1, 1997

I believe Presidential scholar James David Barber, in his book The Presidential Character,'' was getting at when he wrote that the public demands a sense of legitimacy from, and in, the Presidency There is more to this than dignity, more…

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Dec 1, 1997

the Senator from Connecticut and his leadership in calling our attention--by that I mean those of us who serve here in Congress.

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Dec 1, 1997

the Senator from Connecticut for saying what needed saying, and saying it in a manner that gives us hope at a time of profound despond.

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Dec 1, 1997

I think, that he understood his behavior had diminished the office he holds and the country he serves and that it is inconsistent with the mainstream American values that he has advanced as President.

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May 25, 1994

I rise today to say a few words about Nancy N. Campbell, who will be honored in my home State of Connecticut for her outstanding contributions to historic preservation. On May 26 at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Nancy Campbell will…

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May 24, 1994

I am very pleased to rise to urge support of passage of S. 729, the Lead Exposure Reduction Act. I am an original cosponsor of this legislation and have been working with Senator Reid for 5 years on this issue. I would like to congratulate…

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May 23, 1994

I rise today before you to honor Mrs. Betty L. Tianti, the Nation's first female president of a State labor federation and Connecticut's first labor commissioner. Mrs. Tianti died on May 16, 1994. After attending the University of…

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May 12, 1994

Mr. President, we come once again to a crossroads. In the two votes that we will cast in a short while, we will make a fateful decision for the war-torn people of Bosnia and also for our own people, as we consider what part we shall play…

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May 12, 1994

I believe Senators Dole and Lieberman and all those Senators supporting this bill have adequately refuted the many arguments posed against it. The unlawfulness of the embargo has been well established. Those who fear that other embargoes…

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May 10, 1994

I am honored to join with the Senator from Kansas in introducing S. 2042, the aim of which, as has been stated, is to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia. I am pleased, also, that Senator Dole and I have 31 other cosponsors from both parties…

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May 10, 1994

I rise today in celebration of a truly historic event. For today is the day of Nelson Mandela's inauguration as the new President of South Africa. Elected through free and open elections in which, for the first time, all South Africans…

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May 10, 1994

I do not want to see Bosnian men, women, and children die at the hands of naked aggression because they don't have the weapons to defend themselves. This debate today and the decision each of us makes when we vote on this issue are…

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May 5, 1994

I rise today to honor the memory of a man who was a mentor for me early in my career: William Horowitz, who passed away last week at the age of 86. I first met Bill Horowitz during my freshman year at Yale. I went into his General…

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May 3, 1994

let me just take a few moments to outline the three reasons why I believe my colleagues should vote in favor of this resolution. First, stock option plans are broad based and are growing. We all know, as the Senator from New Jersey said…

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May 3, 1994

I find myself not feeling this way about his arguments in this particular case. Madam President, the Senator from Michigan has talked at great length about the compensation of chief executives of companies and the way in which that…

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