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Tom Coburn: “To answer the Senator's question, I supported the Enzi amendment. I don't think it went far enough because you are not…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2014
To answer the Senator's question, I supported the Enzi amendment. I don't think it went far enough because you are not going to look at some of the programs that are outside the purview of the Senator's committee. We have eight different Federal departments running these programs. They come from eight different sets of authorizations. So the point is that I am going to work behind the scenes with Senator Burr and with Senator Harkin to try to accomplish this. Amendment No. 2830 Now I would like to call up amendment No. 2830 and ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Mar 13, 2014

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