[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 583 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 583
Honoring the life and achievements of former United States Senator
Thomas Allen Coburn and expressing condolences to the family of Thomas
Allen Coburn on his passing.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 19, 2020
Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Alexander, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey,
Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr.
Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Gardner,
Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr.
Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mrs. Loeffler, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Ms.
McSally, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Paul, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman, Mr.
Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Romney, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr.
Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Sinema, Ms.
Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis,
Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Young) submitted the
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and achievements of former United States Senator
Thomas Allen Coburn and expressing condolences to the family of Thomas
Allen Coburn on his passing.
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn was born on March 14, 1948, to Anita Joy and Orin
Wesley Coburn in Casper, Wyoming;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn married his wife, Carolyn Denton, in 1968;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1970;
Whereas Thomas Allen and Carolyn Denton Coburn have--
(1) 3 daughters, Callie, Katie, and Sarah; and
(2) 9 grandchildren;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn ran the lens division of Coburn Optical Industries
from 1970 to 1978;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn earned a medical degree from the University of
Oklahoma Medical School, graduating with honors in 1983;
Whereas, after graduating from the University of Oklahoma Medical School, Thomas
Allen Coburn opened Maternal and Family Practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma,
where Thomas Allen Coburn served more than 15,000 patients;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn was a dedicated physician whose focus on patients
was inexhaustible;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn delivered approximately 4,000 babies during his
career and would often see more than 30 patients in his office each day;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994
and served as the Representative of the Second Congressional District of
Oklahoma from 1995 to 2001;
Whereas, during the 6 years that Thomas Allen Coburn served in the House of
Representatives, Thomas Allen Coburn flew to and from Washington, DC,
every week so that he could continue to serve his patients;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn served as a Deacon at the First Baptist Church in
Muskogee, Oklahoma;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn served as a United States Senator from Oklahoma from
2005 to 2015;
Whereas the annual ``Waste Book'' prepared by Thomas Allen Coburn became 1 of
the more high-profile reports published each year and, collectively, the
annual reports highlighted trillions of dollars in questionable Federal
spending on low-priority items for which taxpayers were paying;
Whereas, in his farewell speech to the Senate, Thomas Allen Coburn--
(1) said, ``We do not have one problem we cannot solve. There is
nothing too big for us. They are all solvable.''; and
(2) encouraged the members of the Senate to work together to solve the
big challenges faced by the United States;
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn will be remembered for--
(1) an uncompromising integrity and passion for public service;
(2) a profound commitment to fiscal responsibility and limited
government; and
(3) a deep, unwavering Christian faith; and
Whereas Thomas Allen Coburn was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and son
who passed away on March 28, 2020, at the age of 72: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved, That--
(1) the Senate--
(A) has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret
the announcement of the death of the Honorable Thomas
Allen Coburn, former member of the United States
Senate;
(B) recognizes the life and achievements of the
Honorable Thomas Allen Coburn;
(C) expresses condolences to the family of the
Honorable Thomas Allen Coburn on his passing; and
(D) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the
Senate--
(i) communicate this resolution to the
House of Representatives; and
(ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this
resolution to the family of the Honorable
Thomas Allen Coburn; and
(2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a
further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Thomas
Allen Coburn.
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