James Lankford actually said...

"Can you give me--is it a week or is it a decade?"

"The well-intentioned efforts of CMS to accomplish that goal are not working and are badly in need of reform."

"The volume of audits has led to a huge backlog in appeals for providers."

"Even for the high-risk areas where there is a moratorium, some of those areas may have a deficiency of a number of good companies that are actually providing."