Tom Coburn: “I actually believe we ought to let the Board of Governors (BOG) have a lot of power in running this business.”

I think changing their charge from safety and efficacy to safety.

I think we are way underfunded, but I think we need to have better oversight.

That is not partisan. That is just due to the fact that there is not a commitment to reconciliation and working together to get things done.

We have something we call 'maintenance of effort' that we use in other programs, educational programs, when there is Federal money, we say to States, 'You have to maintain effort.'