The case against stupid spending in covid19 crisis. Tom coburn, the oklahoma republican known on capitol hill as dr. Tom coburns annual wastebook catalogs government waste in lean times. Tom coburn was always going to be a tough act to follow when it came to producing the colorful wastebook that he and his staff produced every year to document what they saw. The office of senator tom coburn rok has released the 2011 edition of its annual wastebook. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more. Senator coburns wastebook 2010 trap shooters forum. Tom coburns 20 wastebook, in which the oklahoma republican outlines 100 examples of government waste that collectively cost the. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final wastebook. Tom coburn pushes for article v convention to limit. Tom coburns wastebook targets three nevada projects. He said to cbs news nancy cordes in a recent interview, where was the adult in the room when this was going on. He spots items throughout the year and fires them off in emails collected by his legislative director, roland foster. Tom coburn, author of wastebook, was fearless in fighting what he described as stupid spending.
Those are just some of the items paid for by the federal government last year. The farce awakens, starring monkeys on treadmills, parties for hipsters, and sheep in microgravity, continues the tradition of retired sen. Known simply as the waste book, the report is a watchlist of eyeopening expenditures, which coburn blames on a let them eat caviar attitude in washington at a time when 23 million of our. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. No for his proclivity to singlehandedly hold up legislation, has singled out three federally funded nevada projects as. Tom coburn, the ranking member of the homeland security and governmental affairs committee. Nine ways the government squandered your money, according.