Tom Coburn actually said...

"the problem is Members of Congress who tend to look at a problem and create a program rather than looking at a problem and determining whether or not the program already exists to solve that same situ..."

"We see the same institution or city or grant recipient get multiple awards from different grant programs within the Justice Department for exactly the same thing."

"the costs of the COPS program outweigh the benefits by more than a billion dollars."

"Any grant program that has a grant application ought to have a stipulation that whoever is the grantee affirms that they are not getting another Federal grant for exactly the same thing."