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Byron Dorgan Biography

Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman, attorney and former United States Senator and United States Congressman from North Dakota and currently serves as a senior policy advisor for the Washington, DC law firm Arent Fox LLP. He served 12 years in the U.S. House and 18 years in the Senate. He was a member of the Senate Democratic leadership for 16 years, first as Assistant Democratic Floor Leader and then as Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee and Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs. In 2010, Dorgan announced that he would not seek re-election in the 2010 North Dakota senate election.

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As far as I know, we have never before decided to fight a war with borrowed money and ask generations that come after us to pay for it.

Fight, Fighting, Generations, Know, War

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

American, Decision, Political, Politics, Proud, System

Is there decency left in American politics?

American Politics, Decency, Left, Politics

This country lacks the backbone and the spine and the will to demand fair trade and stand up for our products. If our producers can't compete, shame on us. Then we lose. But requiring our producers to compete when the game is rigged, saying our producers ought to compete, when foreign markets are closed to us, is fundamentally wrong.

Compete, Country, Demand, Fundamentally, Games, Spine

All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity.

Children, Country, Jobs, Leave, Opportunity, Stronger

The taxpayers deserve accountability.

Accountability, Taxpayers, Deserve

One of the keys to ensuring accountability is to have civil servants who witness fraud, waste and abuse to blow the whistle.

Accountability, Blow, Civilization, Fraud, Keys

Only in this town, where we make an industry out of creating euphemisms, can we have enough sugar to sugarcoat this nonsense.

Creating, Enough, Nonsense, Sugar, Town, Towns

The gains we made in the United States that have made our country great have, in large part, been made over the opposition of major corporations. On nearly every issue, from fair labor standards, to the minimum wage, to environmental standards, to standards for a safe workplace, corporations have fought against them every step of the way.

Country, Environmental, Gains, Issue, Issues, Political

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.

Different, Hard, Smart, Two, Work

When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.

Farmers, Farmers And Ranchers, Help, Needs, Ranchers, Weather

If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things.

Thinking, Knows, Preemption, Think, Things, Know

I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

Vote, Responsible, Feels, Things

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

Cut, Cutting, Government, Items, Overhead, Tough Times

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

Authority, Delegate, Delegation, Responsibility

The Bush Administration and the Congress have to stop ignoring this crisis in international trade. The longer we ignore it, the more American jobs will move overseas. It's just that simple.

American, Crisis, Ignoring, Jobs, Moving, Simple

People habitat has to take priority over bird habitat.

Bird, People, Priorities, Priority

Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are on American highways. This is not rocket science. We know how to prevent this, and 36 states do.

Country, Drinking, Law, Permit, Rocket

When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety.

Country, Fighting, Men, Obligation, Protect, Women

President Eisenhower saw it coming, and it is here. Patriotism no longer exists among many of these corporations. Some companies have more economic clout than entire countries. They can make or break a politician.

Among, Corporations, Country, Make, Political, President