Tom Coburn

Tom Coburn
Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburnis an American politician and medical doctor. A member of the Republican Party, he was the junior United States Senator from Oklahoma...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 March 1948
CityCasper, WY
CountryUnited States of America
sacrifice government america
Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice
believe america today
I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today
children america adjectives
The question that arises as we use all these adjectives and adverbs to describe our physicians as we approach a Supreme Court nominee is where are we in America when we decide that it's legal to kill our unborn children?
heart america political
Careerism in Washington "goes to the heart of what's wrong in America right now."
country mean america
I'm proud of our country that we elected Barack Obama. I mean, it says something about us nationally. You know, it's kind of like crowning your checker when you get to the end of your checker board. Here's another thing that says America's special: Barack Obama, president of the United States.
bias choosing create foreign good laws outside precedent relying selecting
Is relying on foreign precedent and selecting and choosing a foreign precedent to create a bias outside of the laws of this country, is that good behavior?
press
I won't press you on this issue, I know you can't answer,
priorities
It doesn't have much to do with Alaska, ... It has to do with priorities for our country.
certainly life presence
the presence of them certainly designates life and to say it otherwise, logically, is schizophrenic.
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Today's misleading recommendations by the F.D.A. are the latest example where the agency has put the public at risk by providing inaccurate information about condoms,
again area looking mistake somebody
I am looking for somebody who is not going to make that mistake again in any other area of life,
believe dollars spend taxpayer
I believe that we should spend taxpayer dollars where they are most needed,
alliance forge moments policy
one of those once-in-a-decade moments where we can forge a left-right alliance on a policy issue.
ourselves
We find ourselves in significant difficulties as a nation,