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Year after year, senator tom coburn rok refuses to simply give lip service to wasteful government spending and has instead called out controversial government spending by name. Released in october, wastebook 2012 highlights 100 projects costing. Thanks to obamacare, coburn recently lost his cancer specialist. In 2012 coburn received a qualified admonishment for meeting with a lobbyist before the one year. A guide to some of the most wasteful and low priority government spending of 2011. Coburn was the ranking member of the committee on homeland security and also served on the committees on. This made her the first american woman to win a gold medal in the steeplechase at. Military religious freedom foundation the military religious. Mark sableman and jennifer visintine help educate documentary filmmakers april 26, 2012. Emma coburn born october 19, 1990 is an american middledistance runner who specializes in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Jan 14, 2014 senator tom coburn rok talked about his career, politics, and reasons for his early retirement from the senate at january 24, 2017 white house budget director confirmation hearing. Under the microscope was a 73page report released on may 26, 2011 by us senator tom coburn, a conservative republican from oklahoma, accusing the national science foundation of poor management and practices, criticizing various research projects, and in particular several in the social sciences. All the numbers on this page are for the 2009 2014 election cycle and based on federal election commission data released electronically on 040615 for fundraising totals, source of funds and total raised vs average, and on 032320 for top contributors and industries.
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Free market, better medicine the solution to our drug pricing problem involves. Among the 50 examples of egregious federal spending uncovered in flakes. In the 2014 edition of the wastebook, coburn notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. Late last year, oklahoma republican senator tom coburn, m. Coburn offered more amendments than any of his colleagues. Tom coburns annual wastebook, released wednesday oct. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government. Dec 21, 2010 coburn also goes after national science foundation nsf grants. Tom coburn released his final annual wastebook that highlights 100 of the most outlandish government expenditures this year. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. Coburn s father was an optician and founder of coburn optical industries, and a named donor to o. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory.
Tom coburn was always going to be a tough act to follow when it came to producing the colorful wastebook that he and his staff produced every year to document what they. Oct 22, 2014 these expenses all feature in oklahoma sen. Wastebook 2012 paperback march 11, 20 by united states government us senate author, m. He said to cbs news nancy cordes in a recent interview, where was the adult in the room when this was going on. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at thompson coburn. What is the total amount of government waste identified by sen. Currently, coburn said, four states have passed such a petition, he predicted 15 to 16 would do so in the next year, and then another 10 to 12 would do so in the year after that.
This is flakes second edition of the wastebook series, started by retired sen. Coburn s perennial targets is the national science foundation nsf. Coburn school of law at oral roberts university coburn graduated with a b. The wastebook facebook page is a joint project of senator tom coburn and senator mark kirk to expose wasteful, duplicative and inefficient spending of. Mark sableman coauthors nlj article on data privacy legislation may 10, 20. Oct 22, 2014 coburn skewers nih in wastebook by burgess everett. Republican senator tom coburn of oklahoma is a medical doctor suffering from recurring prostate cancer. Gods own party all that you ever want to know about dominionism the threat this cult poses hip is everything from a man who gets it i love you but youre going to hell an outsiders guide to fundamentalist america. Wastebook 2014 the report washington doesnt want you to read reveals the 100 most outlandish government expenditures this year, costing taxpayers billions of dollars.
Jan 27, 2011 on the face of it, longtime deficit hawk sen. Tom coburn of oklahoma pointed to 100 items including tax breaks to highly profitable sports leagues like. Dec 08, 2015 senator tom coburn created wastebook to do just that and put a real face on questionable spending. This is either extreme fiscal responsibility or a raging case of this is not the time, costello mocked on facebook and twitter. Senate over an amendment on veterans gun rights, which devolved into a heated floor debate and foreshadows a. Tom coburn cites worst wastes of taxpayer money in. With no one watching over the vast bureaucracy, the problem is not just what washington isnt doing, but what it is doing. Jan 10, 2017 this is flakes second edition of the wastebook series, started by retired sen. On tom coburn documenting wasteful government spending the. Tom coburn on limiting the power of the federal government. Senator, oklahoma some of the projects listed within this report may indeed serve useful purposes or have merit and those associated with the projects may disagree that they are not national priorities. Senate from the state of oklahoma coburn served in the senate from 2005 to 2014 and in the u. Change on veterans gun rights lights fire washington times.
Senate after serving two terms from 20052015 representing the state of oklahoma. Coburn report reveals waste citizens against government waste. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for tom coburn. Senator tom coburn rok speaks to reporters on wastebook 20, his annual report on egregious federal spending. Senator coburns wastebook 2012 names biggest waste. Tom coburn s third edition of his wastebook names the worst offender and biggest waste of taxpayers money. Rok has released a new oversight report, wastebook 2010 that lists examples of wasteful government spending in 2010. Among the 50 examples of egregious federal spending uncovered in flakes latest report is a program that accepts peanuts for loan repayments, a computer that bingewatched the office, and a sequel to the shrimp on a treadmill study. He was previously the representative for oklahomas 2 nd congressional district as a republican from 1995 to 2000. Former senator tom coburn discusses his book, smashing the dc monopoly, which argues for an article v amendments convention as the best solution to limit the power and scope of the federal.
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