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
years care three
There will be no insurance industry left in three years.
care health-care dies
You're going to die sooner.
people care bills
The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff.
careers political ego
The traits in career politicians the public detests most are produced when ego triumphs over principle.
government careers people
The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests.
country careers political
Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country.
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.
agency example inaccurate information latest misleading providing public risk
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.