Almost 70 of people in america say the Health Care System is broken try to write. I really think that health care is going to be the number one domestic policy issue in the president ial election. In a recent poll that just came out from gallup said 35 of the American People polled Rate Health Care is extremely important as what the issues we. We sing in the polling 53 of americans support a a singlepayer. I know private coverage but now 65 are supporting the public option which would be a Government Insurance plan to compete against private insurers and i call this a steppingstone approach to singlepayer or government run health care, medicare for all. Host the proof is in the pudding. If you look at what happened the last election cycle two years ago, my party, i guess a year ago, my party, Republican Party, we were ousted as the majority in the house of representatives. Many people make the argument the reason was the issue of health care, that many of us campaigned on repeal and re
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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
Problems werent being addressed. Fixable problems in the country but theyre more worried next election cycle than solving the problems. We j. It is really interesting, all the conversation about the president ial candidates. Usually what you see now is not what you get 10 months from now. So, it is just a process. To me, what is happening in our country today, we are focusing on republican president ial candidate or the democratic, but we have taken our eye off the ball. So when i left, and i had planned to leave early because i felt there was another way to fix this and our founders gave us way to fix it, and it is called article five, a convention of states. States where we limit the power of the federal government in their jurisdiction. We enforce term limits. Every other business in this country, whether it is a Grocery Store or momandpop hair salon, would go to jail if they counted the way the federal government does. You have to balance the budget. You cant continue to mortgage t
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