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United States Senator

Tom Coburn is an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator. Born on March 14, 1948, he represented Oklahoma. Known for his conservative stance, Coburn focused on issues such as healthcare, defense, and environmental policy during his tenure in the Senate.

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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.”

Important Self Country Political Politics Term Deals Issues Focus Months Limits Members Finals Congress Retirement Important Issues Term Limits

Book:Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders

Source: Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders

“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.”

Real Issues Fine Posts Our Society Conception Heartbeat Measurement Unborn

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“When we have heartbeat and brain waves, we refuse to accept it as the presence of life - this lack of logic of which we approach this issue because we like and we favor convenience over ethics. We favor convenience over the hard parts of life that actually make us grow.”

Hard Grows Brain Accepting Issues Approach Ethics Logic Wave Refuse Favors Convenience Heartbeat Parts Of Life

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“I firmly believe that the court should take another direction on many of these moral issues that face us.”

Should Believe Faces Moral Issues Court Moral Issues

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“The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country.”

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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?”

Thinking School Girl Issues Happened Bathroom Oklahoma Lesbianism

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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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Author:Tom Coburn

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Born: March 14, 1948
Known for: United States Senator
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