John Shimkus actually said...

"Just that analysis says we need to clean this up."

"I do agree, I find the work of the GAO very helpful to us as public policy folks."

"I guess the big point is, if you can't do the small things, how can the country, the localities, the taxpayers, the public interest groups, expect us to do the big things?"

"If you can't get the small things right, how do people trust you to do the big things in this issue?"