Tom Coburn actually said...

The Senate turned down a proposal to require an agency actually to know the programs that they have.

Coburn criticizes the Senate for rejecting accountability measures for government programs.

07/17/2012

More Tom Coburn Quotes

Our tendency to put a parochial benefit into the things we do in Congress has driven us to lead to all the duplication.

Every dollar we spend we find that is wasted can be reallocated to things that are actually doing some good.

the important thing that has not happened in my years in the Senate is significant oversight of how we spend money.

We have ignored the enumerated powers of the Constitution.