tom coburn, as a legislator dr. coburn was a force of nature. as a conservative stallwart, he stood by his principles, no matter the pressure, and with whomever would stand with him regardless of the party, dr. coburn's entire career was a profile in courage. he believed so strongly that america's best with him, wasn't held on wall street, pennsylvania avenue, but on main street, mopping the small business owners doctors, families, and workers who really keep our country going. dr. coburn blasted a path for conservative outsiders to take on washington orthodoxy from national debt to term limits. to our broke en health care system and his career was an inspiration to leave my business and run for the senate. his bedside manner was often brusk, but on the tough issues like any good doctor, tom coburn told people what they needed to hear, not what they wanted to hear. dr. tom coburn, our tiring national debt to him was not just a thorn in america's side, it was a supreme moral failing. as one of the few true fiscal hawks in recent decades, senator

and it's probably impossible to say goodbye to a friend like tom coburn. there's no question to me that i came to trust and value everything that tom stood for. the one thing about tom coburn that many people knew was that tom had this tremendous peace about himself. i think some might have thought it was because tom had such a stellar background and he knew so much. the truth is that if you sat and talked to tom, you found out the truth. tom loved his lord, jesus christ. he didn't hide it. and when given the opportunity, he wanted to share that peace with anybody that was willing to sit and listen. tom went to bible studies. tom was criticized for where he lived because it was certainly religious and leaning. but that was tom's life. and as much as he adored his wife and children and grandchildren, he adored his lord just as much. madam president, my colleagues, we were blessed to have tom coburn's influence on this institution. not everybody in america understands how blessed they are to have had his influence on the policies and the way the future genera

senate the first thing that always came to mind doctor tom coburn. as a legislator, doctor coburn was a force of nature. as a n conservative star work who stood by his principles no matter the pressure and with whom ever would stand with him regardless of party his entire career was a profile encouraged. he believes so strongly that america's best was not held on wall street, pennsylvania avenue but on main street among the small business owners doctors families and workers who really keep her country going doctor coburn blastedh a path for conservative outsiders to take on washington on everything from national debt to term limits, to our broken healthcare system. this was an inspiration for me to it lead my business and run for the senate. his bedside manner was often rough but on the tough issues like any good dr. he told people what they needed to hear not what they wanted to hear. doctor tom coburn, the national debt was not just a thorn in america side, it was a supreme moral failing. senator coburn wrote that doctor know had a badge of courage

we lost a great statesman and former senator tom coburn of oklahoma. a family physician who delivered more than 4,000 babies, he was known as doctor tom and oklahoma. but in washington, he was called doctor though because of his fierce opposition to add more red ink to the national debt. having served ten years in the senate before retiring in 2014 the year i was elected i never had the honor to serve alongside doctor coburn. nonetheless the leadership and efforts to eliminate government waste and overreach continues to be an inspiration to me and to many others. you cannot find waste in any part of the federal budget, and it's what i like toda call legendary. hetake for example the shrimp oa treadmill and of course there was the bridge to nowhere. every federal agency in washington feared the notoriety of the annual report of government access to key lead the fight that ended congressional earmarks that are known as these projects in white letters of credit for creating new government programs, doctor coburn took on the thankless job of trying to unrav

i think in some respects i discovered tom coburn. tom and i are the only two who have ever had a major, high-level, political, national discussion in adair, oklahoma. while common happens and i remember hearing many years ago there is a very conservative doctor from muskogee, member calling him up at that time and asking him to run for the house of representatives. and he did. he kept his commitments, he did everything he was supposed to do. i will always or member that day because as senator covid knows, my wife and i built up like in oklahoma in 1962. a lot of people outside of oklahoma don't realize oklahoma has more lines of fresh shoreline than any of the 50 states. she and i built our place way back a long time ago. when i drive up there you go through that little town of adaire, oklahoma. i go by that little sheltered area that is half torn down by now with years have gone by. they tore down the biggest bank in town when they built that. every time i go by there i have to say i recall meeting for the first time with a young doc

like to take a moment today to pay tribute to my friend and a former member of this body, senator tom coburn, who died in march. tom and i first met in the house of representatives where we both served and then came to the senate at the same time as part of the class of 2005. i have been privileged to meet many principled men and women during my time in public service, but tom literally was one in a million. he was fiercely principled and uncompromising, often to the chagrin of fellow senators. he didn't care if he was one -- if he was one against 99 if he believed he was in the right, he stuck to his guns come hell or high water. he voted against politically popular legislation and bills that no other senator would oppose, yet he held the enduring respect of his constituents and indeed his colleagues, proving that sometimes principle can win you more lasting friendship than compromise. he was here for a purpose, in particular to protect our children and grandchildren from the burden of an ever-cheafg national debt by exposing government waste and washington's spending habits. he got into fi

i rise today just want to say a thing or two about my good friend but tom coburn as he was leaving he said you're getting someone better than me and that is james langford. worthy successor i thank you know that i spend a lot of my time here but we differ or disagree and we like to say that sometimes we don't see eye to eye on every policy but we agree on the principles and with the four.oh the next major legislation but the state and local governments are having lots of revenue attributable to this crisis and to give a couple of examples the trust fund but i'm told by secretary of transportation it's over 50 percent. >> is not just delaware to build those roads and bridges to have the service transportation they are getting destroyed with that infrastructure so that scenario and then how they are doing and the revenue stream and then actually say where's the revenue but then we can find agreement that those governments are entering cost that directly relateov to the pandemic and healthcare providers and like orderlies. first responders and to help so we have an obligation and then to

we lost a great statesman and former senator tom coburn of oklahoma. a family physician who delivered more than 4,000 babies, he was known as doctor tom and oklahoma. but in washington, he was called doctor though because of his fierce opposition to add more red ink to the national debt. having served ten years in the senate before retiring in 2014 the year i was elected i never had the honor to

the desk of doctor tom coburn. after we d. in march he took his first breath and have been where he was finally cancer free, teen free, living in the presence of jesus where there is no government waste or inefficiencies. he serves in this chamber for ten years from 2005 to 2015 but also served in the house of representatives for six years from 1995 to 2001. the one title he carried in the chambers was doctor, and that was just his preferred term. he was born in casper wyoming march 14, 1948. he graduated from central high school in 1966. in 1968 he married carolyn at the ms. oklahoma. they have three daughters and nine grandchildren. oklahoma state university, he was an honors student, president of the student business council graduated in 1970 with a bachelors degree in accounting. after the family business was sold, he attended medical school at the university of oklahoma, received his medical degree with honors in 1983, interned at saint anthony's hospita hospitan 1986 he found a muskogee family is in practice which is sti

desk that i have used for the past five years but before it was my desk it was the desk of doctor tom coburn. a few days after we gambled out in march, doctor coburn took his first breath in heaven where he was finally cancer free, pain free, living in the presence of jesus where there is no government waste and no inefficiency, no conflict and liberty is absolutely eternal. we will miss his sage advice, his blunt perspective and his steadfast wisdom. doctor coburn served in this for 10 years from 2005-2015 but also served in the house of representatives for six years from 1995-2001, the one title he carried in both of those chambers was doctor. that was his preferred term. thomas allen coburn was born in casper, wyoming in 1948. doctor coburn graduated central high school in 1966. in 1968 he married carolyn denton, the 1967 miss oklahoma, they had three daughters, 9 grandchildren. at oklahoma state university doctor coburn was an honor student, president of the student business council graduating in 1970 with a bachelors degree in accounting. after a family business was sold, he worked at,

tom coburn. a few days later dr. coburn took his first breath in heaven where he was finally cancer-free finally pain-free living in the there's of jesus where no government waste and inefficiency and where there's no conflict and liberty is absolutely eternal. we will miss his sage advice, his blunt perspective and a steadfast wisdom. dr. coburn served in this chamber for 10 years from 2005 to 2015 but he also served in the house of representatives for six yearsye from 1995 to 2001. theoc one title he carried in bh chambers was doctor. thomas coburn was born in casper wyoming march 14, and graduated from muskogee high school in 1966 and 1968 he married in 1967 lyss oklahoma carolyn. they had three daughters and nine grandchildren. at oklahoma state university dr. coburn was an honor student in president of the student council graduating in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. after the family business he worked as he was admitted in medical school in the university of oklahoma and received his medical degree

let me start for a moment where you left off as somebody who spent literally years and years with tom coburn on a weekly basis with the gang of six effort. i got to know tom's intelligence, integrity, irascible nature, is that the right word? occasionally a pain in the what? whatever? but i share with you, he will be missed and i would have joined you in that kind of tribute, but if you saw how badly any time i've tried to grow a beard would look, i'm probably doing better tribute by just saying things about him. mr. ratcliffe, it's great to see you. i know these are normally hearings where we, you know, close, supposed to see the impression in the whites of your eyes. i'm not sure i'm going to be able to make that kind of judgment from here with my sitely aging -- slightly aging eyes. i get the general direction, the small at that point, if it turns to grimace we'll know, but it's great to have you here and i appreciate it. the opportunity we had last friday to spend some quality time together. unfortunately, as the chairman's already noted, i once again must note that these are unprecedent

and tom coburn as senator lankford passed away a month and a half ago, to our country and state and someone we'll always celebrate here and revere for his dedication and commitment and really the example he asset for all of us, we're glad that presiding officer is alive and well, and ask if i can proceed with my comments. >> mr. president. >> mr. president i arise following senator lankford. i want to say a thing or two about senator lankford, we are good friends and colleague in committee and succeeded tom cow coburn when he left the senator. he said i'm getting somebody who is better for me, i don't know if he's any better, but a worthy successor. i think you know that. i'm-- i spend a lot of time here trying to find not where we differ or disagree, but the areas where we can agree and i like to say sometimes we may not see eye to eye on every single policy, but we ought to agree on principles and among the principles i think as we approach 4.0, the next major legislation dealing with this crisis i hope one of the principles we agree on states and local governments are having massive loss

. >> in march our country lost a great statesman and my fellow squealer, former senator tom coburn of oklahoma. a family physician who delivered more than 4000 babies, he was known as doctor tom and oklahoma. but in washington, he was called doctor no because of his fierce opposition

in fact, he succeeded tom coburn here in the u.s. senate. when tom coburn was leaving, he told me i'm leaving but you are getting somebody better than me and his name is james lankford. i don't know that he is better, but a worthy successor. a privilege to serve with you. i think you know that. i spent a lot of my time here, we differ, but there are areas where we can agree. i like to say sometimes we may not see eye to eye on every single policy, but we ought to agree on the principle. among the principles i think is we -- as we approach 4.0, the next major legislation dealing with this crisis, i hope one of the pencils we can agree on -- principles we can agree on is state and local governments are having massive losses of revenue which are attributable to this coronavirus, then they deserve some helps in terms of replacing the lost revenue. i will give you a couple of examples. delaware, our transportation trust fund. we get a lot of revenues from toll. i am told by the secretary of transportation our toll revenue is down by over 50%. by

[indiscernible] tom coburn is my wing man. [indiscernible] accomplished a lot -- [indiscernible] what did we do well? [indiscernible] ms. spaulding: great to see you senator carper. thank you for your question and your hard work. you did accomplish a great deal and i would say some of the most important things were solidifying the other authority of what was then the national protection programs director. because that is really important. mostnment operates effectively when it has a clear mission. and helping to codify the existing mission of the cyber security and infrastructure resilience efforts was a really important step forward. and so come your work on the legislation to codify the verytions center, important to get those authorities in place. codifying its role as the forary and central place the business sector to come with information. thato be the key place gets information back out to the private sector. clarifying clearly what the mission is and that it has been tagged with that mission is really important and con

the thing i loved about tom coburn, he didn't care what party was proposing something. what he thought was right. just an incredible guy. we miss tom an awful lot. so if you don't mind me asking this, i'm just going to stay on this college thing for a second. i know it means so much to parents, especially students. we have a loved one, someone that mika sort of adopted as a daughter since one of her best friends died, who is starting up school in the fall. she missed her graduation this spring, obviously, like so many people did. but i love the idea of kids going back to college. i think it makes a lot of sense. but a lot of the college administrators i talk to are so worried about dorms. again, i hate to burrow in on this, but how do we make dorm life safer? as you know, if you've been in dorms, if you've had kids in dorms, man, one kid gets the flu, everybody in the dorm gets the flu. what do we do with dorms? >> so that's going to be a complication, just like entertainment and hospitality in general. they rely on, you know, venues that have people elbow to elbow. when

up close and personal watching what we've done and failed to do, and-- [inaudible] you'll recall tom coburn was my wingman on the committee, and accomplished a lot with the support of several of the members here today in this hearing. just reflect back on some of the steps making -- you may recall [inaudible] and one of the things we finally did well-- so thank you. >> great to see you, senator carper and thank you for the question and thank you for all of your hard work over those years and continuing to today in your leadership on cybersecurity and other issues, we did accomplish a great deal and i would say some of the most important thing were solidifying the authority of what was then the national protection and programs director again as now. government operates mostly when it has a clear mission and helping to codify the existing mission of the cyber security and infrastructure resilience effort at dhs was a really important step forward so your work on the legislation to codify its operation center, the national cyber communications integration center very important to get those in

this is the only way i could think of doing a tribute to tom coburn. to do what tom did when things were confusing and we lacked understanding as to what direction to go, tom would not shave for six months until things were squared away. i am not sure i will wait until things are squared away, but i will wait until tom's memorial service. i recognize the vice chairman for any opening remarks he might have. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is good to see you and my other colleagues. let me start where you left off. yearsebody who has spent with tom coburn on a weekly basis with the ill-fated gang of tom'sfort, i got to know intelligence, integrity, , occasionallyre pain in the what ever, but i share with you that he will be missed. any time i tried to grow bea rd, i am probably doing better tribute by just saying things about him. i note these -- i know these are postlly things where, counting, your spouse to see the impression in the whites of your eyes. i am not sure i am going to be able to make that kind of judgment from here with my slightly aging eye

as somebody who spent literally years and years with tom coburn on a weekly basis, with the ill-fated gang of six effort, i got to know tom's intelligence, nature, isirascible that the right word? occasional pain in the whatever, but i share with you, he will be missed., i would have joined you in that kind of tribute, but if you saw how bad any beard i tried to grow would look, i'm probably doing a better tribute by just saying. it's great to see you. i know these are normally supposedwhere we are to see the impression in the whites of your eyes. i'm not sure i will be able to make that kind of judgment from here with my aging eyes. i get the general sense of you and i can see a little smile. if it turns to grimaces at times, we will no. but it is great to have you here, and i appreciate the opportunity i had to spend some quality time together last friday. unfortunately, as the chairman has noted, i once again must note these are unprecedented times. america faces a challenge to our lives and security we have not had in over half a century, and it is during such trying times that we

one of those examples from me was tom coburn. obstetricianor, an , a health member, a senator. inworked over the years committees. he passed away a month or so ago. it was the personal interaction we had. do you have any recommendation based on your sustainable relationships in a remote setting? >> i have been involved with a couple of mock hearings. some of theto mimic functions of a hearing. she was so generous and happy to help and interested in what is going on in the u.s. there are two websites that have a continually sleep update its -- continuously updated scroll. continuity of government is one of the boxes they check. what states are doing. they are all taking steps and doing something. the international parliamentary union, which has an entire section that looks at information technology and legislature, there is legislative data in the u.s. every year. they keep things running behind the scenes. congress is a mostly machine-readable organization right now. there are treasure troves of data available right now. a lot of what we are talking about has the foundation in

tom coburn. a few days after we gaveled out in march, dr. coburn took his first breath in heaven where he was finally cancer-free, finally pain-free, living in the presence of jesus where there's no government waste and no inefficiency, with there's no conflicts, and liberty is absolutely eternal. we will miss his sage advice, his blunt perspective, and his steadfast wisdom. dr. coburn served in this chamber for ten years, from 2005 to 2015. but he also served in the house of representatives for six years, from 1995 to 2001. the one title he carried in both of those chambers was doctor. and that was his preferred term. thomas allen coburn was born in casper, wyoming, march 14, 1948. dr. coburn graduated from central high school in 1966. in 1968, he married carolyn dent, the 1967 miss oklahoma, carolyn denton. they had three daughters and nine grandchildren. at oklahoma state university, dr. coburn was an honor student, president of the student business council, graduated in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. after the family busine

tom moore's success. in around half an hour borisjohnson will face the labour leader sir keir starmer for the first time. let's get all the latest from westminster withjo coburns of parliament and staff and visitors and tourists but all of that has changed since the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown. there are no very few people here and there is a semi—virtual parliament. we like everyone and observing the two metre rule i guidelines and not long ago the speaker of the house of commons made his position to take his place and say the chamber before payment is thus questions. he has criticised borisjohnson for thus questions. he has criticised boris johnson for not thus questions. he has criticised borisjohnson for not coming to parliament first to talk about his plans for the next phase in dealing with economic this pandemic and any easing of restrictions that may come from the doughnut the line. he will be adjudicating today but let's first of all... let's speak to the conservative mp claire coutinho. do you think borisjohnson should be speaking to parliament before addressing the nation? we are in an unprecedented situation and it is important that the gove

. >> in march our country lost a great statesman and my fellow squealer, former senator tom coburn of oklahoma. a family physician who delivered more than 4000 babies, he was known as doctor tom and oklahoma. but in washington, he was called doctor no because of his fierce opposition to add moreer red ink to the national debt. having served just ten years in y the senate before retiring in 2014, the year i was elected, i never had the honor to serve alongside doctor coburn. nonetheless, his leadership and his efforts to eliminate government waste ands overreach continues to be an inspiration to me and to many others. if you cannot find waste in any part of the federal government he once commented, it can only be for one reason. you haven't looked. many of the outlandish examples he exposed are now what i like to call legendary. take for example the shrimp on a treadmill and of course there was the bridge to

tom coburn. there was no one like him in oklahoma where he was a simple country doctor from muskogee. he was a family doctor who delivered thousands of babies in northeastern oklahoma. i told him when he was first running -- running for the first time, you don't have any problem. all you have to do is get all the babies you delivered and have them bring their families along. that will be an overwhelming victory. but there was no one like him where he was a true fiscal conservative who stayed true to his purposes. he had the skills that made him arguably the most thoughtful advisor in the republican conference. i think this is somewhat characteristic of doctors. doctors are -- it's part of their culture. they advise people. people listen to them. and that's what tom -- tom was always an advisor to everyone. in every policy decision, tom sought to be a faithful steward of the taxpayers' money and a dedicated public servant to oklahoma. he had an impressive record of service in the house of represen

desk that i have used for the past five years but before it was my desk it was the desk of doctor tom coburn. a few days after we gambled out in march, doctor coburn took his first breath in heaven

the senate adjourned under the provisions of rez 583 is a further mark of respect for the late tom coburn former senator from the state of oklahoma. >> under the revia's order and pursuant to rez 583 the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, may 20, 2020 and does so with a further mark of respect to the late thomas allen coburn former senator from oklahoma. >> ♪ ♪ c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and policy events. for the presidential rhymers to the impeachment process and now the federal response of the coronavirus. you can watch all of c-span public affairs programming on television online are listed on the free radio app. listened to part of the national conversation through c-span daily "washington journal" program or through our social media feed. c-span, created by cable television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. ♪ ♪ >> c-span "washington journal" life every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, will discuss the latest on the fede

like to take a moment today to pay tribute to my friend and a former member of this body, senator tom coburn, who died in march. tom and i first met in the house of representatives where we both served and then came to the senate at the same time as part of the class of 2005. i have been privileged to meet many principled men and women during my time in public service, but tom literally was one in a million. he was fiercely principled and uncompromising, often to the chagrin of fellow senators. he didn't care if he was one -- if he was one against 99 if he believed he was in the right, he stuck to his guns come hell or high water. he voted against politically popular legislation and bills that no other senator would oppose, yet he held the enduring respect of his constituents and indeed his colleagues, proving that sometimes principle can win you more lasting friendship than compromise. he was here for a purpose, in particular to protect our children and grandchildren from the burden of an ever-cheafg national debt by exposing government waste and washington's spending habits. he got into fi