Tom Coburn: “Well, it is because we are lazy legislators. What we decide is we will…”

On the recordJune 22, 2011

Well, it is because we are lazy legislators. What we decide is we will pass a bill and grant maximum flexibility to the bureaucracy.

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Coburn criticizes Congress for delegating authority to bureaucracies.

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