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Tom Coburn: “We are going to do a lot of window dressing, but in the long run, we are not going to change anything until we change…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2006
We are going to do a lot of window dressing, but in the long run, we are not going to change anything until we change the motivation that the next election is more important than anything else.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
Source
congress.gov
Jan 25, 2006

Editor's note · Context

Senator Coburn warns against superficial reforms without addressing deeper issues.

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