Your Tax Dollars at Work
December 30, 2008
The U.S. State Department and USAID increased the national debt, much of which is owned by China, for deficit spending to finance "green and efficient buildings" in Chinese cities. This inc... 
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Oversight Action
December 12, 2008
With billions of taxpayer dollars spent on low-priority and questionable projects, 2008 was a banner year for wasteful Washington spending. 2008: The Worst Waste of the Year highlights more than $1 bi...
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Oversight Action
November 18, 2008
Senator Tom Coburn (OK-R) sent a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) requesting un-redacted copies of studies said to be critical of taxpayer funded broadcasts in Arabic by Alhurra. Th...
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
November 7, 2008
Refugees that escape North Korea and China’s forced repatriation say that they got so desperate for food, they ate the bark off trees. While countless millions like these North Koreans are sta...
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FFM Oversight Issue
October 28, 2008
Justice Denied: Waste & Mismanagement at the Department of Justice, a new oversight report released by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), details over $10 billion in mismanaged, inefficient, duplicative, wast...
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
October 10, 2008
Days after the federal government passed a $700 billion bailout bill and despite the government being nearly $10 trillion in debt, the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair...
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Oversight Action
October 9, 2008
On July 30, 2008, Senators Tom Coburn and Jon Kyl sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking her to stop funding affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists tasked to wag...
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Legislative and Floor Action
September 24, 2008
Opposing a $400 million bailout of the African Development Bank for making bad loans to low-income countries, Sen. Coburn blocked the passage by unanimous consent of S. 3169. To read more about Sen....
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Legislative and Floor Action
September 18, 2008
Opposing a $1.13 billion foreign aid program and a $7.5 billion bailout of multilateral banks, such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank, for making bad loans to low-income countries, Se...
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Senator Tom Coburn
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2254 Fax: 202-228-3796
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