Tom Coburn said "Mr. President, what the sponsors claim about my amendment is factually incorrect. Their statement is that all the States and everybody wants to do the NARAB bill. I agree, we should do it, but if all the States really want to do it, my amendment has no effect whatsoever because it allows an opt-out for a State that doesn't want to do it. So either it is true that they all want to do it or it is not true that they all want to do it, and we are going to force some States to not do it. An opt-out protecting 10th Amendment privileges of the State is highly required to make sure we do not go outside the bounds of our legal obligations. I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 30, 2014

Mr. President, what the sponsors claim about my amendment is factually incorrect. Their statement is that all the States and everybody wants to do the NARAB bill. I agree, we should do it, but if all the States really want to do it, my amendment has no effect whatsoever because it allows an opt-out for a State that doesn't want to do it. So either it is true that they all want to do it or it is not true that they all want to do it, and we are going to force some States to not do it. An opt-out protecting 10th Amendment privileges of the State is highly required to make sure we do not go outside the bounds of our legal obligations. I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

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Tom Coburn

Republican · Oklahoma

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