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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.

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Mar 11, 2014

Has there been any thought given to giving OMB direction to what that role should be so you have a person that is accountable?

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Mar 11, 2014

the GAO, some time ago, listed out 47 job training programs for the nondisabled, of which all but 3 duplicated at least another one.

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Mar 11, 2014

I recognize the effort, the professionalism, and the expertise that all of you bring to the table.

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Mar 11, 2014

Job Corps is an absolute failure in Oklahoma when you look at the metrics of who got a life skill.

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Mar 11, 2014

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.

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Mar 11, 2014

It just drives me nuts that we continue to spend money on programs that do not achieve anything without truly reforming.

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Mar 11, 2014

If we have CIOs, they ought to have the power as well as be held accountable for the implementation of this.

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Mar 11, 2014

You cannot manage what you cannot measure.

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Mar 11, 2014

Will you commit to keep the dashboard both current and accurate because it is neither right now?

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Mar 11, 2014

One of the things the President mentioned in his State of the Union was job training.

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Feb 26, 2014

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…

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Feb 25, 2014

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.

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Feb 25, 2014

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.

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Feb 25, 2014

I urge you to ratify it as quickly as possible, you will get many more accounts, and you can get them quickly.

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Feb 25, 2014

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…

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Feb 25, 2014

How many noncompliant accounts were identified as part of your efforts?

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Feb 25, 2014

Was there a formal report inside the bank on that investigation?

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Feb 25, 2014

Responses of Credit Suisse to supplemental questions for the record from Senator Tom Coburn.

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Feb 25, 2014

So you have double jeopardy. Where would you like to spend time?

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Feb 24, 2014

I am concerned that the Committee is escaping the fundamental question of whether or not TRIA is a permanent federal program.

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Feb 24, 2014

I am fairly new to the banking industry but not new to following TRIA.

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Feb 24, 2014

Provide temporary financial compensation to insured parties, contributing to the stabilization of the United States economy in a time of national crisis.

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Feb 24, 2014

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?

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