Tom Coburn

So we are worried about $6.2 billion or so that has been spent?

If you would, I would appreciate it very much.

I would hope that you would take that into consideration. That $1 billion should be applied first to these issues before we give more CDBG money for the disaster up there.

Unless I am prohibited by legislation, I want to look at what you recommended about what we can provide.

Can you assure them that, following what is out there now, they are not going to get dinged in their insurance?

But the eligibility requirements have not changed. They did not change.

What we ought to do is have a flat-out statement from you all that says if you are doing it based on what is out there now, we are not going to come back and ding you in the future.

I love Tom Carper, but the tone of climate change and the reality of what we have actually seen and what the predictions have been, do not have any connection.

I am concerned with the immigration bill coming forward and the additional responsibilities that are going to be placed through that bill.

The political reality is the American people want to know the border is controlled, and when we say 90 percent it is controlled, they are saying, well, that means 10 percent of it is not.

If, in fact, the American people cannot trust that the border is controlled, you are not going to be able to pass this bill.

We do not have a secure border today, and we know that by the apprehensions.

If we are going to get immigration reform through, if you are going to get it through the House, we are going to have to do a whole lot more on what is the definition of a controlled border than what is in this bill.

But, remember, the emotion on immigration has nothing to do with race. It has to do with the rule of law.

First of all, why is 90 percent considered effective control of the border?

Everybody in the Federal Government--everybody--is supposed to submit data so that the American people can see where the money is spent.

I think you have done a wonderful job so far in carrying out your duties.

I am going to aggressively support your nomination.

I have to tell you, I have been thoroughly impressed with the employees and the people that have given us the briefings that we've had.

CFATS, as far as I'm concerned, so far, has been a failure.

I am highly disappointed that OMB didn't release the FISMA report.

We have to get past that one issue, and we have to address the issues in front of us.

What we have to do is what's in the best interest of the nation.

Plus, it wastes a ton of money. You know, in the Federal Government, we spend $64 billion a year on IT, and, essentially, 50 percent of it is wasted, because we don't assess risks, and we don't contract appropriately.

The issue is, Are--Do we have a confident structure to evaluate those risks?