James Lankford actually said...

"If you could streamline the statute, it would make it easier for preparers, for beneficiaries, and certainly for the IRS for tax administration."

"Is there a possibility to have a financial incentive on the auditors themselves, that if they are pulling files that are then overturned, that there is a financial penalty on them?"

"I would agree on that, and I would tell you that hospitals do not tell me that the money is not enough."

"Yes, it is clear California is violating the law. I cannot seem to find any wiggle room."