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Tom coburn, and seeks to highlight the inefficiencies of our bloated federal bureaucracy. Coburn, an obstetrician who served three terms in the u. Tom coburn is calling out cbs news cbs evening news. House and most of two terms in the senate, campaigned on the promise not serve any more than three terms in each chamber.
Senator tom coburns final edition of the wastebook is packed with porkbarrel spending, misplaced priorities, mission creep, expensive boondoggles, and taxpayer abuse. Tom coburns legacy citizens against government waste. Swedish massages, golfcourse repairs, and laughing classes. Senators wastebook notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. Oct 16, 2012 known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington at a time when 23 million of our. Security disability act of 2014 became a guiding framework to improve. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final. Year after year, senator tom coburn rok refuses to simply give lip service to wasteful government spending and has instead called out controversial. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Oklahoma republican senator tom coburn s final edition of his wastebook lists 100 ways that the federal government is wasting taxpayer dollars on. Wastebook senator wrong about mountain lions by williams. Known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude. Mar 29, 2020 coburn was popularly known for highlighting egregious government waste in washington, including the notorious example of tiny shrimps on a treadmill and the perfect combo of scary and cute. Oklahoma senator tom coburn s 2014 wastebook lays bare the governments wasteful spending by ranking the top 100 most frivolous projects of. Tom coburn rok speaks during a hearing on border security by the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee on capitol hill in 2014. Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library, a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries. These expenses all feature in senator coburn s annual wastebook, a ranking of 2014 s top 100 worst examples of government waste, including outofthisworld spending on research projects. Oct 22, 2014 wastebook 2014, a new report published wednesday, chronicles the 100 most outlandish projects on which the government burned taxpayer money this year. Year after year, senator tom coburn rok refuses to simply give lip service to wasteful. Johnson said democrats have demonstrated a lack of curiosity in oversight and indicated that coburns legacy for exposing.
Coburn has crusaded against pork barrel projects since coming to congress in 1995. Dec 17, 20 in a press release tuesday, senator tom coburn rokla. Tom coburn cites worst wastes of taxpayer money in. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending. From 2008 until he retired from the senate in january 2015, sen.
Government documents general collection and was provided by unt libraries government documents department to unt digital library. He submitted a letter of resignation to oklahoma governor mary fallin, effective at the end of the 1th congress. Barney keller october 22, 2014 senator tom coburn rok, long a champion of limited government and fiscal responsibility, has released his annual wastebook his last one, unfortunately, as dr. These are just a few examples from the 100 entrylong list in a book detailing government waste, compiled by retiring gop sen. Congress sheds light on government waste washington post. Senators wastebook has everything that will fit in a. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wastebook 2014. Coburn was reelected to a second term in 2010 and kept his pledge not to seek a third term in 2016. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more. Tom coburn has released the latest installment of his annual. The 2014 edition will the fifth and final version of the book, as coburn, battling a recurrence of prostate cancer, has made plans to step down after the.
In the 2014 edition of the wastebook, coburn notes that getting rid of the practice of pork barrel spending is next to impossible. Known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington at a time when 23 million of our fellow americans do not have good jobs, coburn notes. With no one watching over the vast bureaucracy, the problem is not just what washington isn t doing, but what it is doing. What do nasas green ninja, calm wives and military weapons in afghanistan have in common. Oct 22, 2014 archive coburn reveals wastebook 2014. Coburn was reelected in 2010 but resigned in 2014 before his term was up because of his declining health. Coburns final 2014 wastebook is funny, sad, and outrageous. That is, the steward should maintain entitybased accounts conforming to the true italian principles. What is the total amount of government waste identified by sen. Although everyone in his office from interns on up contributes ideas, mr.
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