Has there been any thought given to giving OMB direction to what that role should be so you have a person that is accountable?
Tom Coburn
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Tom Coburn is a former U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, serving from 2005 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Coburn was known for his fiscal conservatism and advocacy for government transparency. He was a practicing physician before entering politics, which influenced his views on healthcare and government spending. Throughout his tenure, he was a vocal critic of wasteful government expenditures and often called for reforms to improve accountability in Congress.
the GAO, some time ago, listed out 47 job training programs for the nondisabled, of which all but 3 duplicated at least another one.
I recognize the effort, the professionalism, and the expertise that all of you bring to the table.
Job Corps is an absolute failure in Oklahoma when you look at the metrics of who got a life skill.
We do not have a metric on a one of them. We are spending billions. We know we want more science and technology, engineering and math.
It just drives me nuts that we continue to spend money on programs that do not achieve anything without truly reforming.
If we have CIOs, they ought to have the power as well as be held accountable for the implementation of this.
Will you commit to keep the dashboard both current and accurate because it is neither right now?
One of the things the President mentioned in his State of the Union was job training.
I come to the floor again to talk about-- it is my understanding we are not going to be allowed to offer any amendments again on a significant bill that spends billions, tens of billions of dollars--to talk about a couple of amendments I…
When you have a Justice Department that selectively enforces the law rather than carries out its oath to fully enforce the law, you have problems like this that occur.
The fact is if your policy today is that U.S. accounts will be compliant with U.S. tax law, it does not matter what the percentage of assets under management that are.
I urge you to ratify it as quickly as possible, you will get many more accounts, and you can get them quickly.
I would like to spend a little bit of time offering a viewpoint different from the viewpoint of the chairman of the committee on this bill. First of all, I want to say by context that my father and his two brothers all served in World War…
Responses of Credit Suisse to supplemental questions for the record from Senator Tom Coburn.
I am concerned that the Committee is escaping the fundamental question of whether or not TRIA is a permanent federal program.
Provide temporary financial compensation to insured parties, contributing to the stabilization of the United States economy in a time of national crisis.
In listening today, my question is, is there a doubt that there will ever be, in your minds, a private terrorism risk insurance without a TRIA program?





