Jun 22, 2011
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Enumerated Powers Act of 2011
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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Jun 22, 2011
We need to focus down and put somebody in charge of science, technology, and math but not 12 different agencies.
Jun 22, 2011
If you don't know what you want, you are not any different than the agency that is passing a grant out there.
Jun 22, 2011
We are responsible for allowing all of the duplication that has come because we have passed the legislation and appropriations bills that have actually caused it.
Jun 22, 2011
You need to know what you want before you write it, what you intend and what you expect.
Jun 22, 2011
Well, it is because we are lazy legislators. What we decide is we will pass a bill and grant maximum flexibility to the bureaucracy.
Jun 21, 2011
I think it is tremendously important. We lose hundreds of billions of dollars of GDP to intellectual property theft every year.
Jun 16, 2011
I have spoken on this earlier in the week. I will not spend a great deal of time today. Thanks to the majority leader, we will have two votes this afternoon on items that I think are representative of critical problems in our country. The…
Jun 14, 2011
I thank the Chair. These are interesting days in our country. We find ourselves in a very deep hole, and it is not the fault of the people; it is the fault of the Congress. We continue to spend money we do not have on things we do not…
Jun 14, 2011
we have introduced into the Record the industry that gets this tax credit--they represent 97 percent of all of the ethanol that is blended--does not want the $3 billion. They say it is not a disruption to them, and, in fact, it is $3…
Jun 14, 2011
the reason this amendment ended up the way it is, is because we don't have an open amendment process in the Senate anymore. Rule XXII gives every Senator the right to offer an amendment. We have no Senate unless we have the right to offer…
Jun 14, 2011
How much time remains for the Republicans in morning business? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 15 minutes 20 seconds.
Jun 14, 2011
may I make an inquiry of the Chair? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.
Jun 14, 2011
I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Jun 13, 2011
Would the Senator define what a subsidy is to him, because part of the problem with the debate is that we keep saying ``subsidies.'' We don't have subsidies--not in the Senator's State or in Oklahoma. We have accelerated depreciation…
Jun 13, 2011
I had a good time this afternoon listening to the debate on the amendment I have offered and visiting with Senators. I think there is an important distinction that needs to be made in the arguments that have been brought forward. The first…
Jun 13, 2011
The Senator obviously didn't hear what I said. I said I support ethanol, and I would not support that. I have been upfront with the Senator in the past, and you know my position on that. So the question here--and I ask him a question: How…
Jun 13, 2011
I will oppose that amendment. My worry is because of the process of the Senate, we may not get that amendment to vote on. My colleague, as part of our leadership, would recognize that we have a problem with amendments.
Jun 13, 2011
let me make a couple of points. When the Federal Government writes a tax credit, that means we take money from our Treasury, which is empty; therefore, we borrow it, and we write a check to people. When we have an ``accelerated…
Jun 9, 2011
I want to finish my points and then leave the floor because I have something else I have to do. It is amazing the negative effects we all are hearing from all across the country. Every Senator is hearing how regulation is drowning out…
Jun 9, 2011
I want to make a couple of comments. I said in my earlier comments there are some good things about the EDA. But the fact is, they are all self-reported. There is no data. There are no methods. Any time you send money to the State of…
Jun 9, 2011
I ask my colleague, my senior Senator from Oklahoma--who I do not think is on the floor right now--to allow time for Senator Brown to bring up an amendment. I yield to him at this time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts…
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