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
believe dollars spend taxpayer
I believe that we should spend taxpayer dollars where they are most needed,
believe issues faces
I firmly believe that the court should take another direction on many of these moral issues that face us.
believe government white
It is inexcusable for the White House and Congress to not even make the effort to find at least some offsets to this new spending, ... No one in America believes the federal government is operating at peak efficiency and can't tighten its belt.
dream children believe
I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.
country religious believe
If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms of truly protecting life, protecting not just the unborn but who comes next, the infirm, the elderly, the maimed, the disabled - that's who comes next as we get into the budget crunch of taking care of those people in the years - I believe we ought to have that debate honest and openly.
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
jobs believe differences
I would like to believe I would not have behaved differently had I not made a term limits pledge, but my own frailties and human desire for prestige and position tell me my term limits pledge did make a difference in how I approached my job in Congress.
believe political generations
I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.
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.
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.