Tom Carper actually said...

"First, make sure all Federal agencies, including Medicare, all parts of Medicare, Medicaid, are reporting improper payments."

"As I understand it, during this last year we stood down the recovery audit contracting activities in these five States and did a lessons learned."

"But from my standpoint, my guiding principle is to make sure that HHS is as aggressive on the spectrum as they can be without crossing into lines of inequity or administrative problem."

"we are looking for--in the Legislative Branch, we are always looking for pay-fors"