Tom Coburn: “What I am looking at is for them to, in a positive, forward way, assert that as they take Federal funds, those funds are…”

“What I am looking at is for them to, in a positive, forward way, assert that as they take Federal funds, those funds are not used to, in fact, pay a lobbyist. When a university President calls you, he is not calling as a lobbyist. He has a right to lobby this as an individual. My amendment is fairly narrow in that those funds are not spent to lobby, i.e. lobbying payment.”