Honorable Tom Coburn
United States Senator, Oklahoma, Republican
Senator Coburn was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2000 to 2004. He sits on the Finance Committee, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and the Judiciary Committee. The following is from the June 15, 2011, Senate floor debate on amendments to S. 782, the Economic Development Revitalization Act,relating to ethanol subsidies. Thanks to the majority leader, we will have two votes this afternoon on items that I think are representative of critical problems in our country. The first is a vote on an amendment by Senator Feinstein…