Sen. Tom Coburn (R.-Okla.) is set to introduce three commonsense amendments to the Water Resources Development Act to prioritize federal spending.

A statement from his office said, "By taking up this bill before emergency funding has been provided to U.S. troops on the frontlines, Congress has failed to take care of national security needs before addressing its own parochial interests."

According to information from his website, his first amendment to WRDC will provide emergency funding for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan without unnecessary pork barrel spending and without mandating surrender or retreat.

His second amendment will require that the needs of all Louisiana residents displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are met before spending money to design or construct a visitors center near Morgan City, Louisiana.

This third amendment to the bill will require that the residents of Sacramento be protected from the threat of floods before federal funds are spent to add sand to beaches in San Diego.

If you have a minute, you should call or email your senators to ask them to support Coburn's commonsense proposals.