James Lankford actually said...

"If we go down this track and the cost is so high and the benefit does not seem to do it, then let us find other alternatives to do it."

"By the way, there are some proposals that are floating around now that a group of us have floated on reforming the budget process."

"Do we need agents to have better independent agencies anymore, and if we do, how do we reform them?"

"we are creating more and more sense that they really are truly independent of everyone, and with no accountability, we have a big issue."