GOP Senator Calls National Debt "Greatest Moral Issue Of Our Time"

Washington, DC (AHN)-Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma had strong words to say about the massive national debt the U.S. has accumulated.

During a breakfast meeting at the National Press Club, Coburn, a former representative before being elected to the senate in 2004, blasted Republicans and Democrats alike for what he calls their exorbitant spending.

Coburn also blamed the GOP's loss of their majority status in Congress on voter's dissatisfaction with Republican hypocrisy on the issue, saying, "It's not a bad thing power changed last year."

The conservative senator also challenged his colleagues to examine why public opinion on Congress has reached historic lows.

"If we have only 11 percent support, are we a legitimate government?" he asked, before adding, "The 11 percent who have confidence in us, what hole are they in?"

Never shy from controversy, Coburn also called the high level of federal spending the "greatest moral issue of our time," telling reporters, "The greatest moral issue of our time isn't abortion, it's robbing our next generation of opportunity."

"You're going to save a child from being aborted so they can be born into a debtor's prison?" he asked.