Tom Coburn actually said...

"late evidence ought to be considered in a thoughtful, intelligent way and not because it is just immediate to the hearing."

"In other words, somebody needs to explain to this Subcommittee why in the world we would take something that has been used for years, that is recognized scientifically to be very valid and a very good..."

"I do have a significant concern about a key recommendation to mandate a government representative at all disability hearings because I fear that it would lead to an adversarial process."

"I just want to go back to one of the things that--we are concerned about high denials as well as high approvals."