Honorable Thomas A. Daschle
United States Senator, South Dakota, Democrat
Senator Daschle was first elected to the U.S. Senate in1986. He was a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator James Abourezk(SD-D) from 1973 to 1977, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom 1978 to 1986. He is the Senate Minority Leader and serveson the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. The followingis from the Senate floor debate of October 8, 1999, on the resolutionof ratification to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.Today the Senate formally begins consideration of whether toratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, CTBT. Each partyto this treaty pledges not to carry out any nuclear weapons testsand…
