Tom Coburn actually said...

If every agency would follow what they are doing, we would save hundreds of billions of dollars.

Coburn suggests that better metrics could lead to significant savings.

07/17/2012

More Tom Coburn Quotes

The first step in measuring the results of a government program is creating an inventory of all Federal programs.

Do you not think that the American people deserve to be able to go online and see what all the programs are and where their money gets spent...

I would just recommend it. We are proud of the success of the Career Tech Program in Oklahoma. It is highly successful.

The government cannot manage what it cannot measure.