Heres his Farewell Speech on the senate floor from december 2014. Sen. Coburn i come to the floor to speak about my experiences in the senate. The floor to speak about my experiences in the senate. Unfortunately, this wont be the last time i speak, much to many of your chagrin, as i have so unfortunately, this wont be the last time i speak, much to many of your chagrin, as i have some adamant opposition to some of the things that were doing. But nevertheless will try to put in context some of my feelings and thoughts about the great privilege that has been granted to me by the people of oklahoma. Privilege that has been granted to me by the people of oklahoma. We hear a lot of speeches in this place and as members who are elected, it gets reflected on us. But nothing could be further from the truth because the thing that really makes this place operate is the people that work with us, the people that support us, the people that help guide us. Would you please take your conversations ou
Great privilege that has been granted to me by the people of oklahoma. We hear a lot of speeches in this place and as members who are elected, it gets reflected on us. But nothing could be further from the truth because the thing that really makes this place operate is the people that work with us, the people that support us, the people that help guide us. Would you please take your conversations outside. The senate will come to order. Sen. Coburn the people behind the scenes who are both brilliant and committed and dedicated to the founding principles of this country. We all have them working for us. And yet theyre rarely recognized. So whether our accomplishments are big or small, those accomplishments come through the work efforts and labors of those that join with us as we come here to try to make a difference. So i first wanted to say that there are a lot of people i need to say thank you to. From our parliamentarian, elizabeth, to all the staff that works here in the senate, to t
Out of his still in the but love that we may keep one another healthy and safe. It will therefore be unusual but mr. Speaker this legislation represents a bipartisan resolve to me the coronavirus challenge. It represents a focus on families and workers to the objective to make them safer and economically supported. It will protect workers and their families and our economy as we all do our part to flatten the curve. Public Health Officials made it clear that the only chance we have to prevent them from getting overwhelmed is for as Many Americans to stay home as possible. It is however necessary to be here, to pass legislation, respond on behalf of thees American People to the daunting challenge. Closure means large parts of the economy are temporarily shut down causing severe disruption for businesses and workers. We saw the impact of this yesterday with the new Unemployment Insurance claims increased by more than 3 Million People. 3million individuals. 3million families rely on them
The senate floor from december 2014. I come to the floor to speak about my experiences in the senate. Unfortunately, this wont be the last time i speak, much to many of your chagrin, as i have some adamant opposition to some of the things that were doing. But nevertheless will try to put in context some of my feelings and thoughts about the great privilege that has been granted to me by the people of oklahoma. We hear a lot of speeches in this place and as members who are elected, it gets reflected on us. But nothing could be further from the truth because the thing that really makes this place operate is the people that work with us, the people that support us, the people that help guide us. Would you please take your conversations outside. The senate will come to order. Sen. Coburn the people behind the scenes who are both brilliant and committed and dedicated to the founding principles of this country. We all have them working for us. And yet theyre rarely recognized. So whether our
[inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute in the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning, thank you to everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy for this census. The 2020 census is imminent and accounting set to begin in alaska in less than two weeks and across the country on april 1. The constitution requires every person to be counted, every Single Person living in the United States of america, not just citizens, not just people of a particular Political Party or race but absolutely everyone. I am gravely concerned that the Census Bureau may not be prepared to meet this high bar and that the 2020 census could leave communities across the country undercounted, underrepresented and underfunded. The Government Accountability office and apartment of c