Tom Coburn actually said...

"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."

"tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars could be saved through the consolidation or elimination of such programs."

"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."