Tom Coburn actually said...

"you would work to avoid any undue influence, how do you do that when you have a Member of Congress or a significant management officer at Homeland Security trying to influence you?"

"I am extremely disturbed by the responses to the questionnaire because the staff...has cut and pasted the identical answers."

"I am very worried about that program, both from a national security standpoint and from an effectiveness standpoint."

"Will you publicly commit today to give us your word that under your leadership, you will require the Department to respond to congressional inquiries in a timely fashion?"