Sen. Tom Coburn M.D.

Sen. Tom Coburn M.D.

@TomCoburn

Senator from Oklahoma, fighting against wasteful Washington spending

Washington, DC · http://coburn.senate.gov/

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For leadership & courage are needed on all sides bc revenue alone solves nothing w/o reining in spending

Something scarier than the zombie apocalypse: 10 wasteful expenditures in tax code for NFL, Hollywood, NASCAR & more:

$35b spent in 10yrs by DHS on grant programs, including low-priority projects in low-risk areas. My here:

Spending must be cut for when gov pays for armored vehicles to guard rural pumpkin festivals. All in my DHS report out tmrw.

My new DHS report out tmrw shows grants have been spent on a hog-catcher, a latrine on wheels, sno-cone machines & more

Wasteful spending IS the problem. See my suggestions for $9 trillion in savings across ALL of the fed gov.

Speech I delivered to American Spectator dinner on how to respond to election results, revitalize conservative movement

Pentagon is more active in promoting "green" energy than any other federal agency, including DOE

New report "Dept of Everything" details "non-defense" defense spending at the DOD. Could save $67.9b ovr 10 yrs

Holding press conf @11amET to intro new report outlining "non-defense" budget cuts DOD can make. Live streaming here:

New report coming out Thurs shows how DOD could cut $60B ovr 10 yrs in non-defense spending. Sneak peek of cover

Best thing that could happen tmrw is we send ppl here who care more about the country than their political party.

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