Tom Coburn actually said...

"the question is--and my advice to the Committee is to look at the roles that the Federal Government has taken over that would be better and more efficiently done at the State level."

"America does not trust you anymore--that is the truth--because they do not see the actions coming out of Congress that should be coming out."

"What we need is a simpler, fairer, and flatter tax code, so that everybody pays something."

"People--if they are not being held accountable, they do not want to be held accountable--and transparency is what holds them accountable."