Political Quotes

On the recordJune 15, 2015
I just do not think it works. And I want to be humane. We have a moral obligation to the least of these, folks who do not have a place to live, but there has got to be a better way to do this.
Said by
Thomas Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Coburn expresses concern over the effectiveness of the McKinney-Vento program for homeless aid.

Share & report

More from Thomas Coburn

Jul 13, 2015

I think changing their charge from safety and efficacy to safety.

congress.gov
Nov 18, 2014

If we do not take care of our neighbors in West Africa, then we may see this deadly disease spread even faster across the world.

congress.gov
Jun 15, 2015

I thought that was a pretty good idea, and the homeless groups said, in part, in response, 'Well, if you do that, what the appropriators will do is they will'--let us say we had, like $5 as an example, $5 from all the proceeds of all these…

congress.gov
Nov 18, 2014

Should the Federal Government be providing the protective equipment for the hospitals rather than the hospitals provide that, the insurance companies paying for that?

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation