Diana DeGette actually said...

"If they are not providing appropriate documents, then that needs to happen."

"I think sitting here this morning is a big waste of time."

"I think it is hard to see how an empty-chair hearing would accomplish anything, and I think it is a profound waste of everybody's time."

"And it frankly seems very unfair for beneficiaries to face huge and unexpected demands to pay funds back to Medicare years after they have settled."