Tom Coburn

I am hearing that you plan to move USAspending.gov to Recovery.gov, which scares me to death based on what I see in Recovery.gov.

I have heartburn over the $787 billion. I have heartburn over the $55.1 billion.

I am not wanting to put you on the spot so I am going to ask this question where you don't have to answer it directly.

I am intrigued by your voluntary disclosure process. I think that is a message that needs to go out to this country.

The World Bank ranks the U.S. 76th on having a low burden of business taxes and tax compliance costs.

We are going to find you, in other words.

As a fundamental matter of fairness, if you owe taxes to your government, you ought to pay them.

The U.S. boasts the following dubious distinctions: The 2nd-highest corporate tax rate in the world at 40 percent.

I do have one central concern: That we not drive capital out of this country.

It is just simply a matter of fairness that if you owe taxes in the country, you ought to pay them.

I have been in this Senate for 4 years. He knows very well that I voted against most appropriations bills. I talked about the debt in almost every speech I have given. So I hope we would talk about individuals rather than a group because…

The American people better pay very close attention to this bill. If you are on Medicare today or if you are 55 years of age, you better be plenty afraid of the language in this bill, because it is setting up the basis with which the…

If confirmed, will you have any problem vigorously enforcing such laws as the SAFE Act?

What if we have a statute that has been previously signed by the executive branch, passed by Congress, and we have an executive order that undermines the statute?

Yes, the taxpayers lost $80 billion. I voted for the original TARP money because we were told that money was going to address the toxic assets, which is the problem we need to solve first. I spoke on the floor two nights ago using the…

I want to identify my remarks with those of Senator Kohl.

I ask the Senator, if I am a manufacturer and I don't have $15 million that I can come up with in bonus depreciation, do I still get to write off $15 million?

Are you saying you need the flexibility to do it without political interference?

What you have to do is tell us what you need.

We need to make the changes that are necessary and flexibility in management so we can respond to the economic realities that actually face you.

I am worried that the next headline is going to be 'Auto bailout followed by post office bailout.'

What I do not have confidence in is that he has the management tools he needs to make sure the U.S. Postal Service is on a steady footing.

I commend Senator Harkin for highlighting the issues of high risk populations and emphasizing that effective strategies to reduce the risk of disease must be a central part of health reform.

It should be upon you to challenge that into court when it obviously is going to violate the Heller decision.

Thank you for your answer. It is not the one I wanted to hear, but thank you for the answer.