Tom Coburn actually said...

"I think you ought to offend them all and I think you ought to do what is right."

"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."

"if you have an oath, why do we have to have a constitutional amendment in order for Congress to do what is best for the country?"

"So, what you are really doing is fighting a dark force that does not want the American people to know what is going on up here."