James Lankford actually said...

"I would love to see Congress be responsible and be able to do it on their own, I just do not see a tremendous level of long-term responsibility year after year."

"How do we develop this relationship because they are no longer our friends, we are setting out as an enemy to them."

"That has not trickled down actually yet, because I can tell you as recently as of the last couple weeks, I have been in communication with yet another hospital in my district that is fighting the same..."

"I would completely agree it is a good thing for us to be aggressive in this process but they perceive it very much as gotcha."