Tom Carper actually said...

"We actually pay the providers up front. Then we figure out it was wrong, and mistake, and then chase them down and try to get the money back."

"Sometimes when we hold these oversight hearings, we focus on disappointing performance, bad actors, that sort of thing."

"Just briefly characterize those conversations."

"I would rather spend the money, quite frankly, going after the people that have either breached the contract or not performed instead of just saying here is the check, we are going to close you down."