Tom Coburn Quotes - Page 2

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• We must have government that spends less and does less.

  Tom Coburn

  Government, Doe

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• I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.

  Tom Coburn

  Believe, Political, Limits

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• We can achieve much greater representation through term-limited members.

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  Political, Term Limits, Politics

  Senator Tom Coburn, John Hart (2013). “Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders”, p.218, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I asked Chief Justice John Roberts about this definition of life - you know, what is life? The Supreme Court can't figure it out or doesn't want us to figure it out; the fact that we know that there is no life if there's no heartbeat and brainwaves.

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  Justice, Definitions, Want

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• It is inexcusable for the White House and Congress to not even make the effort to find at least some offsets to this new spending, ... No one in America believes the federal government is operating at peak efficiency and can't tighten its belt.

  Tom Coburn

  Believe, Government, White

  "No Katrina sacrifice", www.cnn.com. September 15, 2005.

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• I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

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  Dream, Children, Believe

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• I can't see the country electing another Bush, i love Jeb Bush - I think he's a nice guy. I just can't see it.

  Tom Coburn

  Love, Country, Nice

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• How is it that we have sodomy protected under that due process but prostitution unprotected? It's schizophrenic.

  Tom Coburn

  Process, Prostitution, Schizophrenic

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We're not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we're not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can't do that.

  Tom Coburn

  Leadership, Money, Real

  "Tom Coburn Says Republicans Pushing To Defund Obamacare Are Not Based In The ‘Real World’". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 22, 2013.

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• Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

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  Commitment, Promise, Social

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• And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier.

  Tom Coburn

  Today, Facts, Share

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• The ripping and tearing of an unborn child from his mother's womb through the hands of another, and we say, "That's fine; you have a constitutional right to do that."

  Tom Coburn

  Mother, Children, Hands

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• There will be no insurance industry left in three years.

  Tom Coburn

  Years, Three, Care

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• Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used

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  Real, Cutting, Issues

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• My heart aches for less divisiveness, less polarization Less mindless partisanship, which at times sounds almost hateful to the ear of Americans. How we conduct ourselves and how we treat you, Judge Roberts, can be a great start toward reconciliation in our country.

  Tom Coburn

  Country, Heart, Judging

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• It is a real issue, a measurement of our society, when we say it's fine to destroy unborn life who has a heartbeat at 16 days post-conception.

  Tom Coburn

  Real, Issues, Our Society

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase.

  Tom Coburn

  Giving Up, Sacrifice, Example

  "Some Lawmakers Suggest Pay Freeze to Help Hurricane Recovery". Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. September 26, 2005.

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• I'm disappointed . . . that the president has not done more to demand that Congress and other federal agencies make the same sacrifices millions of Americans are already making. There is no charity without sacrifice.

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  Sacrifice, Agency, President

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• You have to be courageous to not spend money, ... and we don't have many people who have that courage.

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  Courage, People, Courageous

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• The question that arises as we use all these adjectives and adverbs to describe our physicians as we approach a Supreme Court nominee is where are we in America when we decide that it's legal to kill our unborn children?

  Tom Coburn

  Children, America, Adjectives And Adverbs

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today

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  Believe, America, Today

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• Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending.

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  Waste, Spending, Duplication

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• Silicone breast implants make you healthier.

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  Breasts, Breast Implants, Implants

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• The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'

  Tom Coburn

  Eye, Needs, Favors

  "For Republicans, the Moment for Reform Has Arrived" by Tom Coburn, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 24, 2010.

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• Few things infuse a member of Congress with more courage than self-imposed term limits or an imminent retirement. The issues they choose to focus on in their final months say a great deal about what are really the most important issues in the country.

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  Country, Retirement, Issues

  Senator Tom Coburn, John Hart (2013). “Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders”, p.208, Thomas Nelson Inc

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