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
political politics bears
The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.
ourselves
We find ourselves in significant difficulties as a nation,
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,
alliance forge moments policy
one of those once-in-a-decade moments where we can forge a left-right alliance on a policy issue.
believe dollars spend taxpayer
I believe that we should spend taxpayer dollars where they are most needed,
changes grow percent talk
We won't grow at 40 percent. We'll grow at 39 percent and when you talk about that, it changes the whole perspective,
best cycle feed interest process
The process is broken. It's more about how you feed your re-election cycle than doing what is in the best interest of the country.
priorities
It doesn't have much to do with Alaska, ... It has to do with priorities for our country.
press
I won't press you on this issue, I know you can't answer,
answer wrong
He didn't give any answers, ... What else can you want out of a judge? He's not going to answer where he is. It's wrong to make him answer where he is.
confirmed double hate judges
We want judges who are well qualified. Ginsburg was confirmed with 96 votes. . . . I would hate to see a double standard,
backs children easy pass pay
We're going to do the easy thing. We should pay for this, ... We should pass this bill, but we should not pass it on the backs of our children and grandchildren.
certainly life presence
the presence of them certainly designates life and to say it otherwise, logically, is schizophrenic.
chinese
We are in essence, through an American taxpayers' loan, subsidizing the Chinese to take more of our technology,