Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I think it is a national waste that we don't have this man confirmed."

"While you got high tech and high touch, you didn't get a lot of information when you were ready to leave about what you needed to do to comply with the medical regime."

"In your quest to be the very best and to improve the methodologies of quality, was the government of any help to you?"

"I think we need to confirm Dr. Berwick and stop fooling around here because under his leadership, the most important healthcare finance officers in America work."