hi, senator coburn. when you are doing senate , i found your interactions were particularly mineral -- memorable and i'm loving the goatee. [laughter] there are brilliant people. unlike most supreme court justices, sometimes i agree with what they are doing and sometimes i don't. i don't think it really matters. the questions you hear are really interesting as they hear cases. packed -- from the fact that they are both interesting individuals. i think they're doing fine. judgment which coincides with justice -- if you have open and clear judgment and it is willing andook at the constitution look at the facts of the case ,nd it is done out in the open essentially with a hearing before the justices -- one of the things i would like to say to the supreme court is documentation of their meetings as they decide these cases behind closed doors so that we can have more insight into what the discussions were before we see the a patient -- opinion and dissenting opinion. host: how did you feel about having camera

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moving on let's talk about government waste this week senator tom coburn introduced his annual waste book documenting one hundred examples of government waste one example coburn highlights is the national technical information services which wastes fifty million dollars every year compiling reports for other government agencies reports that are mostly available for free using a simple google search we go to out our cheesemaking lopez who reveals what else is in this year's waste book one million dollars on romance novels ten million on a new reality t.v. show two hundred thousand on a party at paramount studios these expenses might sound like extravagant hollywood expenditures but those are just three things the u.s. government spent taxpayer money on this year republican senator tom coburn released volume four of his government waste book this week detailing one hundred instances of what he considers irresponsible spending inside the waste book this year is thirty billion dollars of stupid what i would consider stupid or at least poor judgment when it comes to spending money in a ti

hi, senator coburn. when you are doing senate hearings, i found your interactions were particularly memorable. what were your impressions? and i'm loving the goatee. guest: they are brilliant people. unlike most supreme court justices, sometimes i agree with what they are doing and sometimes i don't. i don't think it really matters. the questions you hear are really interesting as they hear cases. that comes from the fact that they are both interesting individuals. i think they're doing fine. judgment which coincides with justice -- if you have open and clear judgment and it is willing to look at the constitution and look at the stare decisis and the facts of the case and it is done out in the open, essentially with a hearing before the justices -- one of the things i would like to say to the supreme court is documentation of their meetings as they decide these cases behind closed doors so that we can have more insight into what the discussions were before we see the opinion and dissenting opinion. host:

you're on with tom coburn of oklahoma. caller: thank you, senator coburn for your wastebook. i appreciate the information. the comment on nsa. i agree with the other caller about the conflict of confidence that exists and has always existed. i wonder about the technology, the development that gives this type of intrusion. not through the government for beingty purposes, inundated in our society. i am concerned about that. host: senator coburn? guest: he is right to be concerned. one of the things i have told my staff and i am going to do -- i am not going to carry a cell phone. i will not have a blackberry. too much technological capabilities to invade my privacy. there is no guarantee someone has not -- it does not have to be the government -- the fact is that if you want your privacy that, you have got to get rid of the electronics, the mobile devices. somebody, somewhere -- not the government -- google or facebook, we just saw a deal yesterday where facebook can see what you're typing. and not necessarily on facebook. i think he is right to be concerned with this modern me

hi, senator coburn. when you are doing senate hearings, i found your interactions were particularly memorable and i'm loving the goatee. guest: [laughter] they are brilliant people. like most supreme court justices, sometimes i agree with what they are doing and sometimes i don't. i don't think it really matters. the questions you hear are really interesting as they hear cases. that comes from the fact that smartre both very individuals and know the law well. i think they're doing fine. judgment which coincides with justice -- if you have open and clear judgment and it is willing to look at the constitution and look at the facts of the case and it is done out in the open, essentially with a hearing before the justices -- one of the things i would like to say see with the supreme court is documentation of their meetings as they decide these cases behind closed doors so that we can have more insight into what the discussions were before we see both that opinion and dissenting opinions that come out. host:

do you think that tom coburn gets credit for that?viously sabrina says this money is invested, certainly some of it wisely. i think nasa spent $125,000 on a 3-d printer to make pizzas. which, you know, we have ovens that make pizzas. but does he get points for that? >> oh, i suppose. but, you know, what's $125,000, honestly? what's $30 million in the scheme of the federal budget? you know, it's something, but, you know, thomas, i think a lot of these studies probably when you really look into them, they're easy to make fun of on television, the titles of them, but i would imagine something important is learned in a lot of this research, and i think the government probably should fund research into what makes a happy marriage. i don't have difficulty with that. i don't think tom coburn -- i don't think republicans, conservatives should have an issue with that. >> can't put a price tag on a happy marriage, michael. you can't put a price tag on a happy marriage. >> the government does. >> corey, let me leave it with you. much ado about n

senator tom coburn calls out the worst offenders. more than tlo 20,000 spent on a government study on whether wives would find marriage satisfying if they could calm down. i don't think that is how it was phrased. that was for real. and according to the senator this is the start. we'll dig more in the details. >> on that detail, that is important information. >> yes, not sure that's how they phrased it. >> we want to know what is the biggest thing that you have wasted your money on? >> the choice, endless. >> send me a tweet. and they are rolling in with creative responses. >>> a now obama care bombshell triggering reaction. judicial watch releasing state records showing hundreds of thousands of policy cancellations as a direct result of the obama care. we'll debate the impact on hq. >> president obama hosting high- tech excutives on the obama care website. the contracting system and the approach to national security also on the agenda. that could be interesting considering the bombshell that the federal judge rowelled that the nsa p

i don't agree with anything tom coburn said. with the same result. it's not a great deal. it's a start. as much as we both want a beggar deal. you have not for this in the congress. what's the alternative? i think axelrod's alternative, if we don't have a viable alternative, if we have rhetoric. what is the alternative, patty, what paul ryan and patty put together. >> it's amazing. >> right over your head. >> here's what happens all the time. i thought you were talking to me. >> i was asking you that. >> so here's my problem, tom, i'll give you a crack at it. my problem is this, and we saw this back in the 1990s and the house republican leaders wanted to pass something by conservatives. they just wouldn't do regular order. they would go behind closed doors, get deals done, then they would give under the circumstances about five minutes to read over the most massive omnibus appropriations deal. they did it in 1998 and basically said vote for this or else you are the perfectist caucus and you are going to destroy the united states

oklahoma senator tom coburn lifts the year's most wasteful government projects.ples. 479 million bucks promoting the doomed obamacare web site. $297 million spent on an army mega blimp that was never used. 914,000 dollars was paste wasted on he goexploring popular roman novels and films. 190,000 spent on printers to create 3-d pizzas for astronauts in space. we can't forget the shrimp on the treadmill project from years ago. senator coburn was on the record every year keeps getting worse. >> image not amazed or shocked any more. i know the stupid incompetent things we do. what is even worse than that book is that the members of congress aren't fixing it at a time when we are almost an 18 trillion door lllar debt. even if you think i am wrong is now the time to spend money on those kinds of things? our problem is that we are spending money that we don't have on things that we don't need. >> senator coburn will join us on "fox & friends" at 7:30 eastern to talk more about the 2013 waste club. >> an investigation underway to determine the cause of a chopper crash th

to coburn it's 0 out of this world waste.nal institutes of health spent 325,000 on a study that seems to have concluded that couples are happier when the wives calm down more quickly after a fight. i'm sure there is more to this, but i could have told them for about $1, wolf. >> that much? >> i would have done it for free. let's talk about the defenders of these programs. what do they say? >> well, you know what they say? there are real reasons for this and they think coburn's list every year unfairly inflames public sentiment about about spending in washington. they say there are real ways to explain this. one of the things they cite here is there was mass destruction of about $7 billion worth of weapons and vehicles that were taken over to fight the wars in afghanistan and iraq. essentially what the u.s. did is they wrestled with the idea and said it sounds terrible to destroy $7 million worth of equipment but bring diagnose home and refurbishing it would have cost more. that sort of thing is left out. more more quick examp

coburn. good morning. >> i apologize for being late. i will put my opening statement in the record. >> fair enough. welcome. >> please continue, and your welcome to summarize as you see fit. try to stick within five minutes but if you go beyond that it is all right. >> thank you very much. i am pleased to appear for you today to help honor the memory of the 12 men and women who died at the navy yard and all of those who have been victims of violence in the federal workplace. as assistant secretary work production i have had the responsibility to lead the overall coordination of the nation's critical infrastructure security and resilience efforts. one of the most rewarding opportunities i have is to serve as chair of the interagency , the isc.ommittee to oversee the development of standards, reports, guidelines, and best practices of the facilities securities at nearly 400,000 cell billion federal facilities -- civilian federal facilities. it was created by executive order following the bombin

republican senator tom coburn is out with his annual waste book. his breakdown of government spending in 2013 that he says was a complete waste of taxpayer money. it's worth noting that senator coburn is a devout believer in smaller government, supports deep cuts to the federal budget. cnn's tom foreman is looking at what made his waste book this year. give us some examples. >> you know, this is really one of the most popular bits of holiday reading around here. it is partisan in the sense it's his opinion, but the number one item in coburn's big bag of budget-busting surprises is this. $400 million paid to federal workers for no work during that government shutdown. he readily acknowledges it was not their fault but rather, the result of congress' inaction but that's a lot of money out the door. the national endowment for the humanities was looking behind closed doors to the tune of almost $1 million, specifically funding the popular romance project to look at how love is depicted in romance novels, movies and on the web. there are so many more in

senator schumer and coburn, happy holidays to you both. thank you for your time this morning. >> happy holidays to you and yours. >> as they say goodbye, we'll talk about the improving economy and more about politics. the stock market is at a record high. it's up more than 20% this year. unemployment has dropped to 7%. in the third quarter of this year, the u.s. economy grew at the fastest pace since 2011. why isn't this being vuld ieweda robust recovery? i spoke to the head of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde, about the prospects for 2014 and the political hurdles that lay haed. ms. lagarde, we will tomalcome the press "snoochlt. >> thank you. >> what do you see about the rebound of the u.s. economy at the end of this year? >> we see a lot more certainty for 2014. there habgos bee has been good n by congress to eliminate the fear about the budget and reduce the sequestration. we see the fed having taken some very well communicated action concerning the tapering of the program, and those are good signs, in addition to whi

coburn. then we will lead to senator heitkamp. >> general patterson, go through recommendations that you all have met and when they were met. my understanding was of the 26 gao recommendations between 2010 and 2012, prior to the navy yard, only 4 of those have been acted on. is that correct? ofi can get you a listing all of the recommendations -- >> and your testimony, you listed several. do that again. >> i don't think i listed them specifically. >> you said numbers, that is what i want. >> i can get you the specifics, i do not have the recommendations before me. the numbers are accurate. there was 20 six outstanding gao recommendations between 2010 and 2012. them had been acted on an accomplished based on the recommendations. you gave a litany of others who have acted on. >> i was give you a general oversight of the number that we had -- >> give that to me again. submitted, fps documentation foreclosure and consideration pertaining to 13 gao recommendations including humanrategies to enhanc

the most egregious thing on senator coburn's list is the payment of major nidal hasan's benefits. >>ple of it. >> but here's the problem. when i worked down in d.c. in the senate this is what you saw. each congressman and senator has their priority. i'm sure that garage is important to some senator in their district and we end up paying for it. >> why don't you explain to those vets, you know, those quadruple amputees why your parking garage that already has $120 million bucks into it needs another $50 million. >> that's not even efficiency. >> priorities, though. it's where do you draw the line. there's so many instances where our taxpayer dollars are going towards funding things that are illegal to fund, according to federal law. i mean we have a muslim outreach program, for example, that is going towards hiring groups at the council on american islamic relations, which is a muslim brotherhood front. it's been called a fund-raising arm for hezbollah, which is a designated terrorist group and terrorists training the fbi to be afraid of being fired because they're being charged with

en to it start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. >>> newly released today, senator tom coburn's, listing what he says is wasteful federal spending, topping $30 billion this year. >> i want to be a reindeer, and help pull ole santa's sleigh. i want to be a reindeer. >> we only wish we were kidding. mooseiltoe, a musical costing $10,000 of taxpayer money. also a project funding romance novels at the cost of $914,000. look at this, why are we paying for that. and a study on the inner workings of congress with a price tag of $3 million. joining me to discuss it, brook goldstein, mike gallagher, and julie rudinski. i like the one about congress. you know what would be fascinating? if we studied us. we're so interested in us. that's worth $3 million, right? not to mention, who decides that we need mooseiltoe. >> come on. >> just so the viewers know what it is. it's the charming story about a moose who wants to fly with santa's reindeer. why is this necessary? >> they didn't spend the $10,000 on costumes, i'm going to tell you that. that is nasty. >> the national endowment of the arts

your colleague, tom coburn released his wasteful spending book today. i was a little shocked at some of the things our government is spending money on. you can take a look right here. $1 million to study romance in movies and novels. 385,000 to study the oddity of duck penises. $3 million for nasa to investigate how congress works. you've talked about defense cuts. how do we assume that you guys can make the right calls when this is the kind of stuff you're spending money on? >> this is the right step because this empowers the appropriations committee to do their job. this gives us the top line figures to go in and determine where the waste, fraud and abuse is and make sure these programs are lean and mean. we haven't had that ability before. we've just kind of been a cr rubber stamp to move forward. and that's not the way to run a government. and that's why this budget deal needed to move forward. whether it had inadequacies or not, it was critically important that we move forward and deal with those crazy things that are out there. >> so you guys are

. >> this years installment of tom coburn's waste book may make some squirm. it shows waste of $125,000 to build a 3-d printer pizza and more than $70,000 in brothel tax exemptions when many complain that sequestration left little to cut. >> we will feel a force over the next few years that is unprepared due to a lack ever training -- lack of training, maintenance and the latest equipment. >> it shows how the defense department is leaving 2,000 tanks back in afghanistan to be destroyed rather than delivered to other bases. each cost $500,000 to build. it documents how congress authorized the purchase of 21 transport planes even though the military didn't want them. stuck with the purchase, they mothballed them in the desert before they flew any mission. >> half of them we are going to cut up and half of them we are going to put in the desert. what do they sthi -- they think about that? it doesn't fit with common sense. >> the state department spent $630,000 to attract followers for the facebook and twitter accounts. nasa is spending $3 million to study how con

it's a cash cow. >> where is coburn going to go after this? is he going to go after liquor because he doesn't like liquor or porn. he's grandstander and he needs to wake up. >> all right. next on the rundown, the war on babies in america. incredible information for you incredible information for you and then miller socializing and at afraud could meanuld blower credit scores. and higher car loan rates. it's a problem waiting to happen. check your credit score, check your credit report at experian.com. >>> impact segment tonight, is there a war on babies in america? to begin this report, we start with a premise that all americans must, must accept. when a woman undergoes an abortion, a baby will not be born. simple fact. the leading abortion provider in the usa is planned parenthood which would not provide information to us for this report. in a four-year period ending in 2012, planned parenthood provided 1,322,853 abortions. slightly less than half of all of the abortions performed in the usa. that's according to their annual results which are

can coburn's -- dr. coburn's possibility. gao's recommendations, there have been 26 between 2010 and 2013. by our records only four are in process and have only been in process for about three or four weeks when we received them meaning that there are 22 still open, and we can -- we will provide your staff with the exact information. >> thank you. thank you, that's very interesting. thank you for that clarification. >> yes, sir. i would, just three brief points that haven't been brought up too much this morning which i think are very relevant. the first, as mr. amitay has said, i think it is important there be better clarity in terms of contractors' liabilities. we've interviewed dozens and dozens of contract guards over the last decade, all of whom have felt they don't have clarity on what their roles and responsibilities are and when they can use force and when they can't use force. and most have told us over the years that their companies have all but said don't you ever pull out your gun, don't you ever do anything with i

yet coburn doesn't blame the agencies.s. >> most members of congress are more interested in getting themselves re-elected than they are in fixing what's wrong with the country. >> unbelievable, isn't it? coburn spares neither republicans nor the democrats. he names one title, the senate majority leader. coburn saying harry reid's refusal to adhere to regular order and bring appropriation bills to the floor contributes to congress' lack of oversight of federal government spending in 2013. >>> okay, as we get closer to christmas, santa and his workshop making a quick stop here in d.c. to check in with hundreds of youngsteres who are anxiously awaiting to see if he will help make christmas wishes come true. the city does dress up for the holiday and pauses to capture the spirit of the season and nowhere is that more apparent than through the eyes of children. next, we'll hear from santa himself. ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your

coburn. then we will lead to senator heitkamp. >> general patterson, go through recommendations that you all have met and when they were met. my understanding was of the 26 gao recommendations between 2010 and 2012, prior to the navy yard, only 4 of those have been acted on. is that correct? ofi can get you a listing all of the recommendations -- >> and your testimony, you listed several. do that again. >> i don't think i listed them specifically. >> you said numbers, that is what i want. >> i can get you the specifics, i do not have the recommendations before me. the numbers are accurate. there was 20 six outstanding gao recommendations between 2010 and 2012. them had been acted on an accomplished based on the recommendations. you gave a litany of others who have acted on. >> i was give you a general oversight of the number that we had -- >> give that to me again. submitted, fps documentation foreclosure and consideration pertaining to 13 gao recommendations including humanrategies to enhanc

senator tom coburn has made it his personal mission to get to the bottom of government waste. he joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> greta, good to see you. thanks for having me. >> it is horrifying. this book you've written about all the government waste, stunning. >> well, you know, i'm not amazed or shocked anymore. i know the stupid, incompetent things we do. what is even worse than that book is that the members of congress aren't fixing it. you think about it -- you know, people can pick at that book and say, well, that's just your philosophy. you don't think that's an appropriate way to spend money. and i'd get them, actually ask them to think about it a different way. at a time when we're borrowing $750 billion a year and we have almost an $18 trillion debt, is now the time, even if you think i'm wrong, is now the time to spend money on those kinds of things? the nsf granted a study to check -- i mean, why is that something we need to do? our problem is, is we're spending money that we don't have on things that we don't need. we don't need that study. >> well, in the int

coburn. we don't have any facts pointing to any sort of wrongdoing by director mayorkas at all, as best i can tell. none of the anonymous sources or so-called whistle-blowers have provided information to the majority regarding their concerns, something i think is unprecedented in these types of circumstances for our committee. we've been unable to question those bringing these anonymous concerns on the majority side and our republican friends on the committee, and maybe largely in the senate, have refused to talk to the accused and he's not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing. that doesn't add up to me. maybe it does to some people. that just doesn't add up. we don't get to talk to the people who have raised these concerns? and our republican friends won't talk to the accused, who's not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing. on the other hand, we have over 30 people from both sides of the aisle who are well-known and hugely respected citizens. they've gone on the record with glowing sup

coburn. gao's recommendations -- there've been 26 and only four are in process and have only been in process for about four weeks, meaning there are 22 still open, and we will provide your staff with the exact information on those. >> they're interesting. andrew for the clarification. >> some points that have not been brought up that are relevant. the first, as mr. amitay has said, it is important that there be better clarity in terms of contractors liabilities. we have interviewed dozens of contract guards over the last decade all of whom have felt they do not have clarity on what responsibilities are and when they can use force and cannot use force. and most have told us over the years that their companies have all but said don't you ever pull out your gun, don't you ever do anything with it. there is a lot of lack of clarity in this area. the second is the role of the federalr at the protective service. it would be great if they were able to, as mr. wright said, to be able to roam around,

senator coburn listing $30 billion that might have been saved this year.to you guys. >> hampton, thank you very much. and just to tie a bow on that one, i guess you can never have too many savings when you're going after programs that are of dubious value. i mean you can look at them and they sound preposterous on the face. >> there's going to be some kind of a college major that gives you a degree in congressional or d.c. math. i have to figure out what that -- >> what it is. >> i would never understand. >>> topic two, microsoft executive former i should say kirk dell bennet named the senior adviser to health and human services, he will manage healthcare.gov the website senator coburn was criticizing. left microsoft after a 20-year career. you know the guy? >> i interviewed him before. great pick ran the outlook team, microsoft's business division. this is the back-end data software stuff that healthcare.gov needs to get right. he's the sort of person who will know the sorts of coders who can go in, pick through the code, maybe sort this mess out. >> i do

coburn: sure. one of the things is adverse selection where sicker people raise the cost for everybody in a pool. but if, in fact, you look at the mitigation as a whole and you had a law that said any insurance company that's cherry picking only healthy people, a portion of their profits will go into a pool at the end of the year for people with high risk of illness. that's what switzerland does. it works wonderfully. what it does is it changes the behavior of the insurance. they cover everybody. so the whole idea behind insurance is to spread the risk. and we didn't have good risk spreading. there's no question we need to address it. you were on a bill with me. the patient's choice act which actually wouldn't have created any of this mess and actually would have created a market with some of the parameters that would have spread the risk and had real indemnification in the country, but also would have had market forces driving and still let you choose what you want. you know, the biggest problem wi

coburn. his staff was also unaware that the nominee was under investigation by the inspector general. it is extremely troubling then that a hearing was scheduled to proceed without the ranking member of the committee knowing about the pending investigation of the nominee within the executive branch. both my staff and ranking member coburn's staff contacted the inspector general's office. we told his office about the whistle-blower allegations and asked for confirmation as to whether there was an open inquiry. this type of procedural information is routinely disclosed by an inspector general's office to congress, and rightly so. further, we asked for an explanation of why that information would be withheld while the committee was considering the nomination. now, you understand that the senate has a constitutional function of providing advise and consent on these nominations. in order to do our duty, every senator who is asked to vote on that nominee needs to have all the relevant information a

coburn: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. sanders: well, i'm disappointed that there is objection to a bill that came out of the committee without objection, that was done in a bipartisan manner, that is paid for and that has the support of virtually every veterans' committee. i would hope, mr. president, if there is objection to unanimous consent, that there would not be objection to a roll call vote on this bill. mr. coburn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: there will be an objection to a roll call vote because if opportunity to amend this bill has not been made available to members of the senate. i have two specific concerns with the bill. i'm writing my whole letter right now on this bill. and until they're addressed, i'm going to hold this bill until i have an opportunity to amend the bill. i yield the floor. mr. sanders: well, i understand the senator's objection. i am disappointed. it takes forever to get anything done in this body, and you have a situation now where we have

and he objects, and senator reid says, senator coburn, you're obstructing. you're one of those republican obstructionists. you don't get a vote, senator coburn. i decide who votes here. i filled the tree. i know how to fill the tree. i'm the majority leader, and you get a vote, you have to ask me. and i'm not giving you anymore votes. i've had enough of you guys. that's kind of the way it's been. that's the way it's been with obamacare. that's the way it's been with the defense vote. the very idea that the national security is at stake and we have a $500 billion defense bill -- and i'm on the armed services committee. we tried to work together. we basically had an almost unanimous vote on it. last year we had a unanimous vote on the defense bill. but there are still matters that we carry to the floor with a full understanding there would be debate is on votes on those -- debates and votes on those. they're not being allowed to vote on those. this is unusual, colleagues. this has never happened in the history of the senate. they've studied and found that in t

possibility because the report from october 2012 was co-authored by a republican and democrat, tom coburn from oklahoma and i'm not going to be able to remember his colleague. but that means republicans and democrats both are interested in this for their own reasons. but if they get together with reforms that should include whether or not they fund this at all, there is certainly a possibility that congress is hard to get to act anything. >> michael look there always seems to be a tension between national security concerns and civil liberties. do you think we can bridge this divide and come forward? will both sectors come together? especially in the age of wide sprej surveillance -- spread surveillance and technology? >> it is always an importance to consider the balance. in the 1960s and 70s there were intelligence abuses and the reforms that came out of that process involved reasonable suspicious of criminal activity. we need to go back to that, there is room to do that, i think, to balance it out. >> mike, do you think there's synergy models that american can adopt, even internationall

you've got coburn outside with the red hots. it is moving around where people are jumping from side to side, but it means what howard just said that this civil war is red hot right now. it isn't going away right now in your party. >> no, it's not going to go away. and it's going to play out over the 2016 election, but look, this isn't an ideological fight within the republican party. the fact of the matter is these groups, in the name of conservatism, they've taken conservatism and defined it not by issues but by tactics and by extreme rhetoric. and by who's the most nutty person yelling the loudest, the craziest things in the room at any given time. and they've divorced conservatism from prudence, from pragmatism, from it's attenuation to reality. so i think it's great that john boehner and other leaders are saying enough is enough here because we need to have a healthy republican party in this country to help solve some of the problems that have been built up over the time, and it's true that but for the senate conservatism fu

tom coburn releasing his annual report on federal governments wasteful spending of 2013.billion. $30 billion of your money. rich edson has the details. >> senator tom coburn releasing his annual waste book, it includes $914,000 for government projects to bring new people in the conversation and their expression in pop-culture and this includes love between the covers. the government no longer needs. nearly half million dollars in cities like las vegas and new orleans, $500,000 for a storage building, they've doubled it a man cave and a venue for workers party. and for a study that finds the happiest marriages are those where wives were quickly able to calm down during marital conflicts. that's all part of the 100 examples as what the senator described as wasteful spending. >> $30 billion of what i would consider stupid or poor judgment and comes to spending money in a time when e have very little money to spare. >> you can always check out puppets take long island costing the federal government $150,000. >> i didn't get past that one. but there's something missing. where

tom coburns waste is out and here are the highlights. $124,000 for nasa to develop a pizza to be printedn 3-d. $390 for nasa to teach kids about global warming. $325,000 on a study that bob could have told you, that wives would mind marriage much more satisfied if they could calm down faster during sargs with their -- during arguments with their husband and $319 million botched on the healthcare.gov website. it comes out on the same day they get a budget deal. bob, it is a long way from the defense department $700 toilet or are things better or just as bad as ever? >> they are probably as bad as ever, but of course we listed these things that grab our viewer as tension and -- viewers attention, of course obamacare had to be in there, but defense budget after defense budget for systems that nobody wants. the defense department is always the largest number in this issue. >> but healthcare.gov is -- >> i'm not sure about the last part. >> let's not argue the numbers. but eric, $300 million for a website that does not work, do you think we'll ever know how much it costs for the fixes they ar

and that is basically what senator tom coburn had to say on "meet the press." listen up. >> you can't fix this mess. the insurance industry, the indeem gnaw ma location industry industry -- in de mnification industry is on its ear now. the fact that they granted people a hardship exemption, everybody who signed up that had a high deductible policy should go and can sell today -- cancel today. >> the "washington post" basically echoed senator coburn's thoughts. i am quoting here, politicians will poke so many holes and add so many exceptions that the law is seriously undermind. the president indicated that he will continue to make exceptions as needed. dismor -- senator chuck schumer said that is precisely what needed to be done. he was on "meet the press." >> what most americans wanted us to do is not repeal obamacare which is what the colleagues are focused on, but fix it. >> the president said he will sign up for the affordable care act himself. he has less than 24 hours to do that. it is to meet the january 1st -- the december 23rd deadline for coverage that

senator tom coburn, republican of oklahoma. thanks so much for coming on the show.t. >> thank you. >> coming up on "the lead," an indian diplomat arrested and strip searched. did u.s. officials violate her diplomatic immunity and stay right where you are, san diego, you do not change the channel when ron burgundy comes on. my sit-down with will farrell still to come. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you new fit-flex®, our best protection. it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra strands. get your free sample at depend.com. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of

coburn: given that we are considering promoting mr. mayorkas to be secretary in command at d.h.s. it is appropriate we consider how he managed this program and whether he addressed criminal and national security concerns including exploitation of the eb-5 regional center program by terrorists, spies and other threatening actors. these are weaknesses were apparently the subject of repeated examinations by the administration. i have repeatedly press the administration for more information regarding the weaknesses under the program under director mayorkas and what actions it has taken to remedy those weaknesses. the chairman has declined to join in this inquiry. why is that? why would the chairman decline to join to find out the truth? i've not received documents or any of the information i've requested. at the same time, there is no public record of steps director mayorkas has taken to address eb-5 concerns. for example, to date uscis has failed to promulgate any regulations shutting down regional centers exploited by terrorists. this raises serious concerns with me. when congress c