Honorable Tom A. Coburn
United States Representative, Oklahoma, Republican
Representative Coburn, of the Second District of Oklahoma, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He was manager of Coburn Optical Industries from 1970 to 1978, and has been a practicing physician since 1983. He serves on the Committee on Commerce and the Committee on Science. The following statement is from July 14, 1998, hearings held before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee on H.R. 4006, the Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1998.I speak in strong support of this legislation, both as a Member of Congress and as a practicing physician.I…
