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
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In the state of Washington alone there are 17,590 homeless people and we're going to take money ... to build a sculpture park? I think not, ... I think that's not the right priority.
courage people courageous
You have to be courageous to not spend money, ... and we don't have many people who have that courage..
people care bills
The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff.
loyalty party people
People that had the guts to put their loyalty to the Constitution ahead of their loyalty to their political party were citizen legislators.
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 moving people
Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.
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.