Tom Coburn actually said...

"I am thankful that we have the leadership at GAO that has done the hard work over the last 3½ years."

"Oklahomans are going to do fine. We had a tragic loss of life. The material things can be replaced, and we will."

"Can you think of a way we can motivate our colleagues to take your recommendations and act on them?"

"When the Senate was created, the whole thought of our founders is that the Senators would think long-term, not parochially."