If we are really serious about out-innovating the rest of the world, we need to start by out-educating them.
Thomas Coburn
The Public Record
I know there were a lot of false rumors about our bill last year, and I fought back on those.
I do not think the Bush administration did a good job on IP. I do not think this administration has done a good job in protecting intellectual property.
I plan on sending a letter to Google. And with the authority that we have to subpoena, if they do not answer us, then I will seek my colleague and we will subpoena an answer to these questions since they refuse to come and testify.
This bill hasn't even been through a committee. We haven't had the debate in our committee on this bill to know if it is the best thing to do.
Think about all the sources of food we get in this country. And the diverse places they come from and, yet only 34 people get a staph poisoning or E. coli non-toxigenic poisoning or a salmonella poisoning or a ursinia poisoning or a…
the Department may have leaked the proposed regulations to parties supporting the Administration's position and investors who stand to benefit from the failure of the proprietary school sector.
I think the importance of today's hearing is not just to have a hearing, but how do we get out of this mess.
With the budget situations that we have, the last place we want to skimp is in defending this country.
The threats our Nation faces today are greater than any time in my lifetime.





