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On the recordMarch 25, 2014
One of the assumptions that has changed during my lifetime as a citizen of this country is the assumption in government that people are going to do something wrong rather than they are going to do something right.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn criticizes government assumptions about citizens' intentions.

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