Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"This issue of fairness is very important to me, in terms of not only how the funding formula is used, but also access: access for smaller states."

"While I think we can do a lot more, the initial run of it has been effective and certainly there is more we can do if we give you greater authority."

"I certainly will be asking both of you about that and also making sure that we can drop the amount from the threshold from 100,000 to 20,000."

"I just feel like to not come to this hearing and have an answer for me that you have a viewpoint on this it really bothers me."