Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburnis an American politician and medical doctor. A member of the Republican Party, he was the junior United States Senator from Oklahoma...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 March 1948
CityCasper, WY
CountryUnited States of America
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Today's misleading recommendations by the F.D.A. are the latest example where the agency has put the public at risk by providing inaccurate information about condoms,
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The proof, of course, will be in the details of how we stay together,
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We are in essence, through an American taxpayers' loan, subsidizing the Chinese to take more of our technology,
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When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine.
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All change starts with a distant rumble at the grassroots level.
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I'm proud of our country that we elected Barack Obama. I mean, it says something about us nationally. You know, it's kind of like crowning your checker when you get to the end of your checker board. Here's another thing that says America's special: Barack Obama, president of the United States.
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Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom. Now think about it. Think about that issue. How is it that that's happened to us?
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Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.
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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.
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Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.
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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.
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A super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be, When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weakness, its potential, my heart aches for less divisiveness, less polarization, less finger-pointing, less bitterness, less mindless partisanship.
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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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Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase.