Tom Coburn actually said...

When the Senate was created, the whole thought of our founders is that the Senators would think long-term, not parochially.

Coburn emphasizes the original intent of the Senate to prioritize long-term national interests over local concerns.

05/21/2013

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What is disappointing is so few Members of your body are here, which identifies what the real problem is in Congress.

We have totally vanquished opportunity for our kids in the future.

We are short-term thinkers, not long-term, and we have created tons of problems because of that.

Eighty-five percent of them know we are not doing our job, and the fact is we make a political calculation rather than a character calculati...