Political Quotes

Thomas Coburn

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May 21, 2013

When the Senate was created, the whole thought of our founders is that the Senators would think long-term, not parochially.

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May 21, 2013

So the American people have to ask us, what are we doing? How are we doing it?

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May 21, 2013

Why would we not design the--you know, here is the problem with Congress.

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May 21, 2013

However, there is a lot of work that still needs to be done to realize the full potential of the Act and we plan on using this Committee to fulfill our part of Congress' role in that shared effort.

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May 21, 2013

What would you think if we had a bill that allowed that?

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May 21, 2013

Would you think that would be a good rule for the U.S. Senate?

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May 21, 2013

The other thing I would do is praise the House. They passed the SKILLS Act, which consolidated, I think, 36 of the job training programs into six.

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May 7, 2013

There is no question. But there are automated ways to correct that.

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May 7, 2013

What the Social Security system says is 22 percent of the time their Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) are making a mistake in terms of what they are granting.

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May 7, 2013

And I would like to say for Social Security's defense, none of this is intentional.

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May 7, 2013

And that is one of the reasons that we have seen this tremendous growth in what we think is at least 25 percent improper SSDI.

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