Tom Coburn actually said...

"As our Nation prepares for a historic debate over the direction of health care policy, hearings on waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid are vitally important."

"Making Medicare an even less attractive model for nationalized health care is that the program is rife with fraud, waste, and abuse."

"What I am afraid is we are going to be 3 years behind on the recovery audits and we are going to be taking money from people that may or may not deserve it."

"If, in fact, you defraud the Federal Government, consequently, there ought to be a harsh penalty for that."