Sherrod Brown actually said...

"That is why we got into this mess. There was no policy authorizing it, according to the IG's report."

"I believe what the Secretary was getting at in his finding there was that this was largely a failure of procedure."

"Well, what does that mean for the average listener, bilateral?"

"Is it common around other agencies to have that type of payment for the high stakes, supposedly 'high stakes' games?"