Ted Lieu actually said...

"Well, I think it's a good step for the administration to suspend payment or shut down their clinics, but I think it's important to have a separate audit agency, independent from the aide department in..."

"I think it's a good step for the administration to suspend payment or shut down the clinics."

"I'm very concerned. A few days ago I talked to my chief of staff about actually increasing funding through rehabilitation clinics because I believe they are a vital tool to preventing jail and prison ..."

"I want to know how this happened for so long, how pervasive is the fraud, and more importantly, what can we do to change laws and regulations so the fraud doesn't occur in the future."