Tim Kaine actually said...

"I would suggest, and I think the Ranking Member got into this a bit in her questions as well, that if we are going to be doing these audits, if we are going to be systematically auditing the providers..."

"For purposes of making the policy decisions that we have to make, we obviously have to grapple with the cost and efficiencies that were the subject of your report."

"However, we also have to grapple with the consequences to patients of hospitals like VCU of cuts and try to balance those out."

"I think cutting the budget by 30 percent is a bad idea. I think it is a mistake."