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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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Jul 17, 2012

action was applied to the real problem, not the symptoms of the problem, and we actually got something done.

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Jul 17, 2012

The greatest risk facing our Nation right now is our debt.

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Jul 17, 2012

Well, that is the whole point of changing the way you do this so that you do not get this non-response.

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Jul 17, 2012

This Congress has proved it is not up to that. Maybe future Congresses will be.

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Jul 17, 2012

I think we also ought to thank President Obama for his nomination, Dr. Groves.

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Jul 17, 2012

if the Death Master List is missing 1.2 million people, it is not of great value.

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Jul 17, 2012

There is just no leadership in terms of accomplishing the things.

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Jul 17, 2012

We have to figure that out to get some better compliance out of those people who owe us.

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Jul 17, 2012

The urgency of the problems before us cannot be overstated.

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Jul 17, 2012

If every agency would follow what they are doing, we would save hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Jul 17, 2012

I just have one final question and that is on the part of maps and what the Census Bureau is doing with maps versus what can be bought in the private sector.

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Jul 17, 2012

The politicians are more interested in their political careers than they are the best interests of this country.

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Jul 17, 2012

I look forward to hearing from Senator Warner. He is a great friend. He is a great champion for addressing the real problems in front of our country.

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Jul 17, 2012

The Senate turned down a proposal to require an agency actually to know the programs that they have.

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Jul 17, 2012

Those are going to be difficult discussions.

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Jul 17, 2012

The children born today will owe $53,000 each of money we have spent.

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Jul 17, 2012

I think you are making progress, probably better than anywhere else that we are in the Federal Government.

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Jul 17, 2012

We have paid out billions of dollars to dead farmers.

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Jul 17, 2012

The problem is competency in Congress. It is competency in Congress.

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Jul 16, 2012

So in this great big organization called HSBC, is it fair for one profit center to put another profit center at that kind of risk?

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Jul 16, 2012

the kind of answer we get all the time. The fact is, is what that means is things are going to be repeated, and what our whole goal is, is so that things are not repeated.

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Jul 16, 2012

I agree with most of what we heard Senator Levin say.

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Jul 16, 2012

I want to thank him for his tireless work on this issue.

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Jul 16, 2012

As I said, I believe you have the best of intentions.

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