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Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
WE WILL SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS WE CAN ANSWERING QUESTIONS. THE ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT TOWN HALL MEETINGS IS THAT I GET AN EARFUL. I WILL TELL YOU HAD A...
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| 00:05:21 |
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MY NAME IS NORMAN BRYANT. LARRY ROBERTS IS IN THE HOSPITAL. >> I KNEW THAT. >> THAT IS ENOUGH OF THAT. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
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| 00:05:42 |
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ILLEGAL LIGAMENTS,
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| 00:05:43 |
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I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE FACT THAT NOBODY IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. OBAMA SUPPOSEDLY SEND SOME...
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| 00:06:33 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
CREATED A CHANGE ON THE BORDER THAT TOOK $8 BILLION OF YOUR MONEY. WE IMPLEMENTED A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ON THE BORDER WITH A MARKET INCREASE -- WITH A...
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| 00:09:44 |
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RECORDS TO MY OFFICE. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? >>
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| 00:09:49 |
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PEOPLE WITNESSED YOU ASKING ME THREE TIMES IF YOU COULD TAKE MY MEDICAL RECORDS HOME.
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| 00:09:56 |
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I WENT TO DOCTORS YOU REFERRED ME TO AND I HAVE THEIR CORRESPONDENCE BACK TO YOU ASKING FOR THE REPORTS. I ALSO HAVE RECORDS FROM THE U.S. MARSHALS FILED...
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| 00:10:23 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
INFINITUM. WE HAVE SEARCHED FOR YOUR RECORDS. WE HAVE TURNED MY OFFICE INSIDE AND OUT. WE CANNOT FIND THEM. THERE IS NO ANSWER I CAN GIVE YOU THAT WILL...
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| 00:10:54 |
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THAT IS NOT TRUE. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE
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| 00:10:57 |
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THIS ISSUE, YOU
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| 00:10:58 |
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CAN TALK TO JOHNNY IN MY OFFICE.
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| 00:11:00 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
WE CANNOT SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM. >> WE HAVE YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. I DID A PRINT SCREEN OF
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| 00:11:14 |
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YOUR COMPUTER. MY RECORDS ARE ARCHIVED. >> FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE IN ERROR. I AM NOT GOING TO SPEND ANYMORE TIME ON THIS. WE DO NOT HAVE
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| 00:11:25 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS IN MY OFFICE. >> YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN SHOWS WHAT RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE. >> NO, WE DO NOT. YOU ARE IN ERROR. >>
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| 00:11:35 |
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THEY HAD SOME SUCCESS IN TRYING TO
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| 00:11:40 |
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GET SOME CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES ELECTED TO THE SENATE AND THEY WERE VERY LAUDATORY
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| 00:11:45 |
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TOWARD YOURSELF HAS BEING NATURALLY -- THERE WAS A NAMING OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS. THEY NAMED YOU AND SENATOR DEMINT AS TRUE CONSERVATIVES IN THE SENATE...
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| 00:12:52 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
VERY ACCURATE. HAVING BEEN IN THE SENATE NOW FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, I HAVE BEEN LABELED A LOT OF THING, MOST OF THEM INACCURATE. OUR COUNTRY HAS PROBLEMS....
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| 00:23:03 |
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I AM NOT GOING TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH THAT.
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| 00:23:12 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
LOOK, THIS IS BEING FILLED BY C- SPAN. I AM GOING TO GET AND LOTS OF TROUBLE. I BELIEVE THE PLAN IS FOR THIS PLAN TO FAIL. I KNOW THIS PLAN WILL FAIL....
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| 00:27:22 |
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POTENTIAL PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. [APPLAUSE] >> LET ME STOP YOU THERE. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A STORY. I HAD
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| 00:27:53 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
BEEN MARRIED 42 YEARS. I LIKE THE LIFE THAT I HAVE. IF I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT -- I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAINING WITH ANOTHER WIFE. I AM NOT DOING...
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| 00:28:15 |
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A MILE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE FIVE
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| 00:28:17 |
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STATES ON PROVIDING A BALLOT FOR OUR
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| 00:28:21 |
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SOLDIERS OVERSEAS. BUT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THAT? >> HIS QUESTION IS ABOUT, IN THE 2008 ELECTION, MOST OF OUR TROOPS BOATS DID NOT REALLY COUNT. THE STATES
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| 00:28:36 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
DID NOT FULFILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING THE BALANCE TO THEM EARLY ENOUGH SO THEY COULD GET BACK HERE AND COUNT. THERE IS A BILL, BUT THERE IS...
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| 00:29:36 |
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I AM HARD OF HEARING. >> WHEN WE GO TO THE
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| 00:29:42 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
POLLS IN NOVEMBER, TO DO OUR DUTY,
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| 00:29:50 |
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WHAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION CAN WE GO TO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP YOUR FEET ON TO THE FIRE? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. THERE IS A LOT OF SOURCES YOU...
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| 00:30:06 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
TO THOMAS.GOV. YOU CAN FIND OUT EVERY VOTE I CAST, BUT THAT COMMITTEE AND ON THE FLOOR. YOU CAN FIND EVERY BILL THAT I HAVE OFFERED OR CO-SPONSORED....
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| 00:33:27 |
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KING. WOULD NOT MAKE A GOOD NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF HIS DIVORCES ARE THERE OTHER EXAMPLES OF HIS NON COMMITMENT? >> NHTSA GINGRICH -- NEWT GINGRICH...
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| 00:33:54 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
IS NOT TO I WOULD FOOT PUTT AS MY COMMANDING GENERAL. I THINK YOU CAN MAKE JUDGMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHARACTER BASED ON WHAT THEIR LIFE SAYS, NOT ON WHAT...
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| 00:35:13 |
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I THINK THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS VERY SAFE. ONE IS SO INFURIATING THE I CAN HARDLY STAND IT.
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| 00:35:30 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
IF YOU HAVE HAD HEAD TRAUMA OR ANY KIND AT THIS -- IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY AND YOU COME BACK TO THE STATES AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CAPABLE OF MANAGING...
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| 00:37:23 |
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IF THE PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESSES AND THE COMPANIES AND PEOPLE WHO HIRE THEM -- >> IF WE ENFORCE THE RULES ON THE BOOKS TODAY. THAT WAS STARTING TO HAPPEN...
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| 00:37:37 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
HOW MANY OF YOU ALL ARE RELATED TO AN IMMIGRANT SOMEWHERE IN YOUR TREE? [LAUGHTER] WHAT IS THE GENIUS OF AMERICA? WE ARE NOT RACIAL. WE ARE NOT ETHNIC....
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| 00:39:57 |
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SPECULATION WILL BE ALL IT IS. HE IS ASKING ME TO SPECULATE ON THE IMPACT OF THE TEA PARTY.
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| 00:40:06 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
I THINK IT'S HEALTHY THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN OUR POLITICAL PROCESS. I DO NOT CARE WHAT PARTY THEY ARE WITH. THE FACT THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED...
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| 00:42:47 |
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TAX GOING AS HIGH AS 55% IF YOUR ESTATE IS VALUED AT A MILLION DOLLARS? >> FIRST OF ALL, HIS QUESTION IS ABOUT THE TAX CUTS. AND THE ESTATE TAX. THIS...
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| 00:43:08 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
WEEKS I'VE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY IT CORRECTLY. OUR TAX CUTS. NOTICE WHAT THE PRESS HAS DONE. THE PRESS HAS LABELED THEM THE BUSH TAX CUTS. HE DID NOT GET...
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| 00:45:33 |
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IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
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| 00:45:37 |
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CAN BE DONE TO STOP THIS? >> THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE. THERE IS NOTHING
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| 00:45:53 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
WRONG WITH AN ELECTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM OKLAHOMA WANTING TO BENEFIT OKLAHOMA AND THE BEST WAY. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WHEN WE WANT TO BENEFIT...
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| 00:48:36 |
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OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN. IT WAS EXCELLENT. [APPLAUSE] EXCUSE ME FOR BEATING A DEAD HORSE HERE, BUT I CANNOT LEAVE THE BORDER ISSUE. IT SEEMS...
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| 00:49:22 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
TO STOP ITS SPREAD THEY CHOOSE NOT TO. >> IF YOU WERE KING, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING OVER THE BORDER
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| 00:49:33 |
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ILLEGALLY? >> I WOULD MARKEDLY INCREASE THE BORDER PATROL. I WOULD DOUBLE FENCE IT WERE FENCING WORKS. I
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| 00:49:41 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
WOULD PUT A BORDER PATROL WHERE WE NEED IT. I WOULD CHANGE THE ENTRY/EXIT SYSTEM. IF SOMEBODY BREAKS ARE A LOT IN TERMS OF SENIOR LONGER, WE KNOW WHERE...
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| 00:51:25 |
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IF
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| 00:51:28 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
YOU TELL ME, WE WILL HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, I THINK YOU WOULD SEE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THAT. LOOK, IT GOES BACK. YOU HAVE TO FIX...
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| 00:52:17 |
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INDIVIDUALS -- CONSERVATIVE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP DURING ELECTION TIME? >>, ANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM KNOW SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF OKLAHOMA?
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| 00:52:29 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
HOW THE TALK TO THEM ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE COUNTRY? HAVE YOU PUT WHAT IS WEIGHING ON YOUR HARD ON THEM? THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO IS LAUGH AT...
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| 00:54:31 |
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I KNOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE ARE DOING THAT. YOU MOVE YOURSELF AWAY FROM WHAT IS GOING ON POLITICALLY. YOU HAVE TO HOLD A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTIES...
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| 00:55:42 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
OF THINGS. I
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| 00:55:46 |
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DO APPRECIATE YOUR STAND ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL. YOU ARE A LITTLE GUY TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THERE ARE MORE [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> I HEAR YOUR FRUSTRATION....
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| 00:56:26 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
AGAINST THE WALL. YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET SOME HELP ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN WASHINGTON. IN THE WISDOM OF OUR FOUNDERS, THEY DESIGNED A SYSTEM...
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| 00:58:55 |
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I DO NOT KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE. UNDER OUR
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| 00:59:05 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
CONSTITUTION, THAT IS A PROTECTED RIGHT. I THINK A BETTER QUESTION MIGHT BE, IF THIS IS ABOUT RECONCILIATION AND COMING TOGETHER AND CREATING, WE WILL...
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| 01:00:26 |
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IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO WHEN CONGRESS? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. IT CONCERNS ME, TOO. IT CONCERNS ME ON TWO LEVELS.
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| 01:00:40 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
WE IGNORE OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE THE LAW AND WHILE WE ARE NOT ENFORCING THE LAW, WE'RE GOING AFTER SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO. THAT IS A TERRIBLE...
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