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On the recordMay 9, 2011
I think we need to be very careful on this idea of security because the greatest example I know is we spend $64 billion a year on IT in the Federal Government, and then on top of that, we spend tens of billions on security, and we are breached daily.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn emphasizes the need for caution regarding security standards due to frequent breaches.

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That is not partisan. That is just due to the fact that there is not a commitment to reconciliation and working together to get things done.

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You beat the crap out of them when something goes wrong, so their underlying statement is never do what is best when you can do what is safe.

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Apr 26, 2016

So, what you are really doing is fighting a dark force that does not want the American people to know what is going on up here.

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