Tom Coburn

I do not think Chairman Levin, once he gets an interest in anything, loses interest.

Are we going to allow fraud to steal the future from our kids?

Would you do us a favor and submit to the Subcommittee an analysis of why you think utilizing this data will not be cost-effective.

The fact is if there is data out there and if we may have a problem--and that is what you are saying, there may be a problem.

Senator Levin has also noted that we have not funded it appropriately.

So Social Security had done a good job in advising them what their requirements were to advise back to Social Security when the beneficiary returned to work?

We are going to clean this up. We are going to make it easier for Social Security to do its job.

I do not believe it. As a practicing physician in a poor area of the country with lots of problems, I do not buy it.

How does somebody know they have to report that to the Social Security Administration?

The current state of the American child is a $13.2 trillion national debt that is a direct result of Federal policies.

The state of the American child is generational theft perpetrated by the hands of a Federal Government devoid of fiscal discipline.

This is a very straightforward amendment. It is a re-vote where we voted 100 to 0 to make sure we are transparent with the American people about when we change and go around pay-go. All it does is create a Web site so the American people…

I am somewhat amazed to think she would imply we don't care about the unemployed. The fact is, we do. ... But to imply that they don't care is out of bounds.

You know the best way to educate me as a physician to do it right? Not pay me. I guarantee you the next time I will get it right.

I do not know why I have it, but I appreciate it.

We have been working on it for 6 years.

Why do we have a pay-and-chase system?

The only hope is, is that we have to throw out most of the Congress.

I would make the case today that we find ourselves in trouble as a Nation because the judiciary and the executive branch has not slapped Congress down on the massive expansion of the Commerce Clause.

It's my appeal for you to go back and look at the Federalist Papers and what are--I thought they had tremendous wisdom.

A large percentage of people in America today don't believe that. They don't believe they're getting to make decisions about this country.

It's a real problem and it's what--you know, the fact is, is today our kids' future has been mortgaged.

In this country like no other, you have a better shot at getting in a court of law in a fair outcome than anywhere in the world.

I have to tell you, my hair has grayed a little bit the last 2 days because of your position, or lack of emphasis, on original intent.

A lot of Americans are losing confidence because they're losing freedom, they're losing liberty.