Tom Coburn
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"Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn" is an American politician and medical doctor. A member of the Republican Party (United States)/Republican Party, he was the senate seniority/junior United States Senator from Oklahoma.

Coburn was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in United States House of Representatives elections, 1994/1994 as part of the Republican Revolution. He upheld his campaign promise/campaign pledge to serve no more than three consecutive terms and did not run for re-election in United States House of Representatives elections, 2000/2000. In United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2004/2004, he returned to political office with a successful run for the U.S. Senate. Coburn was re-elected to a second term in United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2010/2010 and pledged not to seek a third term in 2016. In January, 2014, Coburn announced he would retire before the natural expiration of his final term. He submitted an irrevocable letter of resignation to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, effective at the end of the 113th Congress.

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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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You have to be courageous to not spend money, ... and we don't have many people who have that courage.

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I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

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All this is confirmation we will see breakthroughs without compromising ethical standards. We're not going to have to go that way if we can just be patient and fund the basic science.

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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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We are in essence, through an American taxpayers' loan, subsidizing the Chinese to take more of our technology.

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I know the tribal issues. I was a congressman where most of the Indians are in this state. The problem is that most of them aren't Indians. The average Cherokee quantum is 1/512.

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If you have somebody first of all who has that connection with their personal faith and their allegiance to the law, you don't get into the Roe v. Wade situation.

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