Tom Coburn: “Wherever we work, whatever we do, could we not, through efficiency and better planning and good insight, reduce the…”

“Wherever we work, whatever we do, could we not, through efficiency and better planning and good insight, reduce the costs of what we are doing or increase the efficiency with which we do it, or save 2 percent of the amount of time that it takes us to do it? The trouble is, inside Washington we do not believe that that is possible. The real fact is that we can save a whole lot more than 1.9 percent. Outside of Washington, DC, outside of the thought process that goes on here, in everyday America, people are doing that very thing. This is not a cynical attempt to make a point. The fact is, the largess of our Federal bureaucracy is killing our future. The Republican Congress made a commitment to this country. They fumbled the ball. They have now decided to spend $4.1 billion more than what they promised just 9 months ago to spend. This is getting back part of it. It is two pennies. It is two pennies for the future of our children.”